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• Light ladder
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 11 May 2005 11:47:19 -0700
  ...What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without...
• Whole Pop top conversion
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:13:14 -0800
  ...also done it with the full upper bed. I consider the >> welding in of a Westy roof skin as just a huge waste of...
• Re: Standard Pop Up Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:51:29 -0600
  ...Dormmobile top that flips over the other way & the roof is the awning/bed roof/ floor? -see link below to Dormmobile tops: http://www...
• Westfalia Pop Top, Luggage Rack and Vanagon Roof Skin For Sale
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:51:23 -0400
  ...Also included, the fiberglass pop-top and luggage rack (scrubbed, inside flock bleached, and outside painted white), and upper bed boards, matresses and "H...
• Re: Installing a pop-top on a non-pop top EASY ??? IN ONE WEEDEND ??
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:03:51 -0700
  ...No problems or bending of the roof. > > It is possible to add the full upper bed with cushions without using any > of the roof...
• Re: the next wave:westy to syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 13 May 1998 09:23:35 -0700
  ...The most important thing to know is that the bed must be fitted as low to the roof as possible or the pop-top...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:05:42 -0700
  ...upper bed when I put the top down. I can live > with that, I still get the headroom and ventilation without a bed up...
• Re: VW T2 Vanagon Do it Yourself Camper book? ...another link
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:11:22 -0800
  ...They do show some roof support that you need to fabricate to reinforce the roof. So from there you build your own upper bed...
• Re: Light ladder
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 11 May 2005 20:35:48 -0500
  ...Hangable from the upper bunk like on > a > bunk bed; and leanable against the outside so a short guy could fuss > around with luggage...
• Re: AdventureWagen
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 09 Jul 1997 21:16:35 -0700
  ...Magee >>>87GL 83K >>>Kemah TX USA >>> >>Hi Mark! - actually the upper bed is already 'compressed' - the front end is ~ even with the rearmost seat...
• Re: Country Homes Top onto a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:55:53 -0400
  ...What about the upper bunk? Does the CH top go up > high enough to allow the stock Westy upper bed to flip open? > > I...
• Re: how was this poptop added?
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:25:10 -0800
  ...I chose this over a hinged version to create a longer bed when extended. When the roof is closed the front cushion has to...
• Re: technique question-- molds - modify a top??
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:53:15 -0700
  ...He cut out the main > upper support arch in the rear section and did not replace it with anything. > You can see the support...
• Re: Poptop conversion from a tintop.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 6 Sep 2024 19:07:42 -0700
  ...not really interested in having an upper > bed > > or bunk. Standup room would be nice but an upper bunk - not necessary for > > my purposes...
• Re: bunk types
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The only upper bed type I have come > across was a folding canvas cot. Is there another style I haven't > seen yet ? >From...
• Re: Top replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:56:43 -0800
  ...Has a molded bed area to account for roof curvature and a 2 piece bed fold out. Looks like a credible way to go...
• Re: Saggy poptop was RE: Out of storage!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 7 May 2013 09:40:05 -0700
  ...The upper bunk doesn't seem to clear the roof anymore when unfolding the bed. One corner is catching on the roof. Is my...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 22:05:27 -0800
  ...Had planned on taking out the upper cushions. I was > thinking of taking the entire bed out. > > re: rear screws. Had wondered if a...
• Re: Light ladder
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 11 May 2005 12:28:49 -0700
  ...What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in > luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without...
• Magnets and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Jul 2017 22:28:18 -0400
  ...connected to the roof. Today I took a strong magnet a 1.5 inch disk. I placed it in the upper storage area above...
• FS: add a poptop to your van
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:02:45 -0700
  ...the center of the roof for standing room when the top is up and for getting into the upper bed. This photo shows what...
• Re: Westfalia Pop Top, Luggage Rack and Vanagon Roof Skin For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:30:30 -0500
  ...Also included, the fiberglass pop-top and luggage rack > (scrubbed, > inside flock bleached, and outside painted white), and upper bed boards, > matresses and "H...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:31:31 -0700
  ...upper bed when I put the top down. I can > live > with that, I still get the headroom and ventilation without a bed up...
• Re: Westy Poptop Installation on a Sunroof Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:48:24 +0200
  ...I want to make this upper bed thing work.... and am hoping that some list members have also done this, and have the cool...
• Re: Venting With Propane Heater
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:39:16 -0700
  ...and tucks between the mattress halves at the rear, with the upper bed folded up/stowed. Anyway the blanket has snaps on it and...
• Re: Light ladder
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 11 May 2005 12:42:12 -0700
  ...What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without...
• Re: Country Home Campers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:18:04 -0700
  ...roof because they are designed for that purpose. I do like the added room created by the straight up poptop but the upper bunk...
• Re: Country Homes Top onto a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:53:39 +0000
  ...What about the upper bunk? Does the CH top go up high enough to allow the stock Westy upper bed to flip open? I...
• Re: Adding Westy Top, was: No Lowly Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:12:11 -0700
  ...It shows that only a small hole is > cut in the roof skin. The top kit does not necessarily include an upper > bed. That...
• Re: Light ladder (upper bunk step)
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Wed, 11 May 2005 20:10:35 -0700
  ...What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in >> luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without...
• Re: Got it home, now the project begins
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 17:27:12 -0700
  ...Westy roof opening wouldn't even bein the wrong place for an AW roof, at least how it fits with the upper bed board...
• Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:25:52 -0600
  ...the roof at the rear to give a flat sleeping surface. It cuts the clearance so that the front pad for the upper bunk...
• Fw: Re: Installing a pop-top on a non-pop top EASY ??? Pic of my syncro with top installed
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:28:48 -0700
  ...I paid a hundred bucks for the whole roof section from a westy > from > > > my local junk yard. I got the complete upper bunk...
• POPTOP YOUR RIDE.. Re: Installing a pop-top on a non-pop top EASY
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 03:24:23 EDT
  ...there will be a second section (either loose, or hinged) that will slide or fold out to cover roof hole when upper bed is...
• Re: Saggy poptop was RE: Out of storage!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 7 May 2013 11:45:38 -0500
  ...The upper bunk doesn't seem to clear the roof anymore > when unfolding the bed. One corner is catching on the roof. Is my...
• Re: Light ladder
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 11 May 2005 13:31:11 -0600
  ...What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in > luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without...
• Re: Part out or Sell now No Lowly Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:48:02 -0700
  ...the curved tintop roof. This reduces the bed to pop top ceiling distance and the fold up part of upper bunk will not clear...
• Re: Solar charger question
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:35:05 -0600
  Through the roof on each side, GE silicone II sealed, straight down to right where the front of the rear internal roof/upper bed...
• High Roof Freaks Unite!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mm Bitner
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:26:52 EST
  ...The upper inside didn't look like it was intended to be a bed...just storage, but could probably go either way. I don...
• 1998 VW EuroVan Winnebago conversion -FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Chang
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:00:08 -0700
  ...a stove, refrigerator, sink, shower, table, bench seats, upper and lower beds, pop up roof. The van is complete and is in perfect condition...
• FS 91 Vanagon GL Westy - -Back on Market
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:36:59 -0500
  ...PS, PB, PW, A/C, pop-top roof and upper bunk, rear seat opens into bed. Has new Catalina A& E awning fixed to...
• Re: technique question-- molds - modify a top??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:41:53 -0800
  ...They are just a little bit too wide for the Vanagon roof but not as much so as one might guess. I have seen...
• Re: Magnets and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:16:48 -0700
  ...connected to the roof. > > Today I took a strong magnet a 1.5 inch disk. I placed it in the upper storage area above...
• Re: High Roof Freaks Unite!!!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:47:23 -0800
  ...The upper inside didn't look like it was intended to be a > bed...just storage, but could probably go either way. I don...
• Re: AdventureWagen
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 08 Jul 1997 22:52:32 -0700
  ...there, + the overhead bed has ~ 4'x5'x1' high storage while on the road... >add-ons (such as a roof rack) are basically not...
• Re: Light ladder
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 11 May 2005 15:48:56 -0400
  ...What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in > luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:19:38 +0000
  ...Trimming it out for the upper bunk you have to come up with your own ideas to make it level for a bed. Including...
• Re: Light ladder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 May 2005 15:17:35 -0500
  ...What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in >> luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:07:51 -0800
  ...extrusions where the extrusions go over the raised sections of the roof. Fills in the imperfect match of the extrusion curve. -- Neil n 65...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 5 Mar 2013 23:17:35 -0800
  ...There are bits of mastic under the extrusions where the extrusions go over the raised sections of the roof. Fills in the imperfect match...
• Re: Light ladder
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 11 May 2005 12:47:38 -0700
  ...What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in >>luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without...
• Re: Magnets and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:20:08 +0000
  ...connected to the roof.         Today I took a strong magnet a 1.5 inch disk.  I placed it in the upper storage area above...
• Re: Magnets and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:47:58 -0700
  ...connected to the roof. > > Today I took a strong magnet a 1.5 inch disk. I placed it in the upper storage area above...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:57:23 +0000
  ...Trimming it out for the upper bunk you have to > come up with your own ideas to make it level for a bed. Including...
• Re: Top replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:34:04 -0800
  ...And I have the upper flat floor or bed area, included with the top. the front portion of course, brackets, support bar, but no...
• Re: High Roof Freaks Unite!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:16:40 -0800
  ...The upper inside didn't look like it was intended to be a >bed...just storage, but could probably go either way. I don...
• Re: how was this poptop added?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:06:58 -0800
  ...You don't get a permanent upper bed but you can have a removable one that you put up there when the top is...
• Re: Adding Westy Top, was: No Lowly Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:07:50 -0400
  ...It shows that only a small hole is > > cut in the roof skin. The top kit does not necessarily include an upper > > bed. That...
• Re: FS: add a poptop to your van
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:51:32 -0700
  ...the center of the roof for standing room when the top is up and for > getting into the upper bed. This photo shows what...
• Re: A little traveling music ... Siriusly
  Historical mailing list - Adrian
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:40:06 -0700
  ...It sits at a good angle I can see it from my drivers position and from the camper bed. The antenna is mounted up...