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  • Re: Rear heater ??
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Tue, 11 Nov 1997 17:33:25 EST
    ...As you see, I am new to this business. > >By the way, would somebody have the paint code for the pop-up roof on...
  • Re: ebay car?
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Sat, 16 Feb 2002 04:12:28 +0800
    For anyone that was interested in the camper with the damaged roof on ebaY, a friend has an identical camper for sale here in...
  • Re: Weekenders - how many different configurations?
    Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
    Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:44:14 -0500
    ...Personally, I think a sunroof van with removable, homemade, roof-top mounted, pop-up sleeping quarters would also be great for the occasional camper...
  • Re: custom camper roof - Campers
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:35:01 -0500
    on 8/6/04 6:36 PM, Calle Fallberg at calle.fallberg@TELIA.COM wrote: > Hi there ! > > Reimo has a small pop up top...
  • Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS
    Historical mailing list - eric unrau
    Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:04:51 -0500
    ...can then > attach a Yakima rack to. (requires drilling through > the pop-up. > Search the archives for more info. > > http://www.yakima.com/products...
  • 1998 VW EuroVan Winnebago conversion -FOR SALE
    Historical mailing list - Vernon Chang
    Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:00:08 -0700
    ...refrigerator, sink, shower, table, bench seats, upper and lower beds, pop up roof. The van is complete and is in perfect condition. This van...
  • Re: "Stealth" mishaps: WAS Are pop-up tops really necessary??
    Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
    Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:43:22 -0600
    ...He had a small tent mounted to a rack on the roof of the car. He turned up at the Regina Vee Dub Club...
  • Re: Would it be insane...
    Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
    Fri, 16 Aug 2002 00:29:17 -0700
    Not insane at all! Saw Ford Van conversion with pop-up similar to our Westy supported by lifters similar to rear hatch lifters. Also...
  • Re: Skylight Plexiglass
    Historical mailing list - Terry K.
    Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:35:58 -0500
    ...It has a spot formed into the fibreglass of the pop-up that I assume I could add an aftermarket skylight to. My guess...
  • Addendum to post 'Travails of towing huge house trailer'
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 10 Aug 1997 12:19:45 -0400 (EDT)
    ...When I said 'camper', I meant pop-up camper. 3. We dropped to 30 mph up the steepest part of highway 70, going east...
  • FW: 1985 Wolfberg Vanagon Camper for Sale
    Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
    Fri, 11 Aug 2000 18:02:15 -0400
    ...1.9L, Clothes locker/2-drawer closet, rear seat heater, electric rear window defogger, privacy curtains, fluorescent interior light, pop-u roof with double...
  • help find a home for these poor orphans ...
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 04 Aug 94 15:09:58 CDT
    ...1984 VW Camper, $6888, Dealer pop-top camper bus, ac, raised roof camper, refrig., gas stove, sink, toilet (!?), rblt engine, looks and runs strong...
  • Re: Westfakia, Poptop, Access, Design
    Historical mailing list - Kep Koeppel
    Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:54:43 -0700
    ...You are lifting your entire roof load when attempting to deploy the pop-up, then you have to support it somehow. Not as well...
  • '87 Camper FS
    Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
    Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:51:43 -0700
    ...The pop-up goes straight up (as opposed to the Westie's "triangle"), and it doesn't have a roof rack in front. Instead...
  • Re: Pop Top Seal Deal - It's a Go (& more info)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Layton
    Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:02:03 -0500 (EST)
    ...The top seal (that goes horizontally across > the roof) is NOT included (although that seal rarely goes bad anyway). > > Also, if you e-mail...
  • Re: pop top canvas install, please help
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:30:31 -0700
    ...The "bead" will be on the inside edge of the aluminum trim on the roof/body of the van/bottom part of the canvas...
  • Re: Westy roof rack for two kayaks?
    Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
    Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:19:38 -0400
    ...I've seen the hulavators pop up several times within the past few months. On 08/09/2011 01:06 PM, Rocket J Squirrel...
  • Thule 953 Foot Pack
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
    Tue, 4 May 2004 14:40:18 -0700
    ...I simply was unable to bring myself to put a drill bit to my pristine, white, currently non-leaking Westfalia pop-up roof, so...
  • FS: Original Equipment Westfalia Side Tent
    Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
    Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:43:42 EDT
    ...We've decided its time to get a pop-up trailer to pull behind the van. The tent is in good shape for being...
  • Re: Thule or Yakima rack part no's - Westy
    Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
    Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:06:55 -0700
    ...I also have "artificial gutters" on my Westy pop up roof and can mount roof racks. These can be used to carry kayaks using...
  • Roof Racks
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Tue, 14 Feb 95 16:31:32 PST
    ...You will not be able to pop up though. The Now that I check the Yakalog they're called 1A Hi Rise Towers (0104...
  • Re: What is THAT thing
    Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
    Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:33:51 -0700
    ...Graham, I would be very interested in knowing more about the moon roof. Do you know who manufactures it? Also the size. Thanks for...
  • Re: Skylight Plexiglass
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:17:03 -0700
    ...Skylight Plexiglass > I don't think so Russell--- > > I mean you can most sertainly chop a hole into your roof if you want, > but...
  • Re: Are pop-up tops really necessary??
    Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
    Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:51:42 +0000
    ...How about a wire shelf (close organizer type) that attaches to the rear roof/AC area (somehow) and collapses up when not in use...
  • westy pop top inside covering "fabric" cleanup/ coverup question...
    Historical mailing list - greg p
    Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:59:14 -0800
    ...Thanks! Greg --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
  • Re: Are pop-up tops really necessary??
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:15:16 -0700
    ...How about a wire shelf (close organizer type) that attaches to > the rear roof/AC area (somehow) and collapses up when not in use...
  • Re: Dometic Cooler
    Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
    Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:12 -0700
    ...I used it with my Coleman pop-up trailer, I would use it inside the pop-up tent camper (which always had lots of...
  • Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS/Used Yakima stuff for sale
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:32:58 -0600
    ...can then >attach a Yakima rack to. (requires drilling through the pop-up. >Search the archives for more info. > >http://www.yakima.com/products...
  • Re: Installing weekender interior in pass. van
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:00:21 -0800
    ...to the roof and welding. I'll contact them again tomorrow. > > Has anyone here put a Westy weekender interior (pop-up table panel, one...
  • 1966 Westfalia Campmobile sold for $99,000
    Historical mailing list - Agent99
    Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:10:21 -0400
    ...Roof rack, no pop-up room, 22,000 original miles, meticulously maintained since new (bus was washed and covered in blankets after every outing...
  • Re: Pop-up room, attaches to van rear hatch
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:12:24 -0400
    ...In a bad situation I would simply use the screen for the hatch and the pop up together. The door is screened allowing for...
  • Rusted Sunroof
    Historical mailing list - Jason Leigh
    Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:38:02 -0500
    ...a pop-up replacement- but no such luck. I am pondering the idea of putting a poptop on it because the roof is solid...
  • Re: ?Roof Top "camping" Question?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:05:11 -0500
    ...I love the sound of a ferro cat tearing at my Westy pop-up screen at 5:30AM trying to find out where the...
  • Re: philly mechanic?
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Sun, 12 Aug 2001 05:51:44 EDT
    ...His van was interesting, 1982 Vanagon Diesel Country Homes camper conversion, pop-up roof, straight up, Jetta Turbo-diesel motor, original bell housing with...
  • Factory Vanagon sunroof transplant into a non-sunroof vanagon ...
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:46:01 -0700
    ...It's nothing as big as the factory middle roof on a Vanagon. I would guess it is easier to put one of these...
  • Re: Shady boy awning
    Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
    Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:34:04 -0500
    ...They are > located under the pop up roof. Stainless sheetmetal screws are also > supplied..I do have an optional set of clamps ($10) that...
  • Re: Installing weekender interior in pass. van
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:25:45 EST
    ...to > the roof and welding. I'll contact them again tomorrow. > > Has anyone here put a Westy weekender interior (pop-up table panel, one...
  • Re: Westy roof rack for two kayaks?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:24:55 -0700
    ...I've seen the hulavators pop up several times within the > past few months. > > On 08/09/2011 01:06 PM, Rocket J Squirrel...
  • Re: Would it be insane...
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
    Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:34:21 -0400
    ...Would it be insane... > Not insane at all! Saw Ford Van conversion with pop-up similar to our Westy > supported by lifters similar to...
  • Eorovan mentioned in NY Times
    Historical mailing list - Ed Stevens
    Mon, 1 Jan 2001 10:00:18 -0500
    ...A Weekender Package ($3,500) > adds a pop-up roof, extra battery, swiveling captain's chairs and 12-volt > refrigerator. A full camper version...
  • 1985 AdventureWagen (not high top)
    Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
    Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:10:24 -0600
    ...Also, it currently features a fiberglass top from a Westfalia with no pop up tent top. (who needs that hassle anyway) IF you buy...
  • FS: Chicago Type 2s
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 05 Jul 97 08:05 CDT
    ...85 VW Vanogan Westfalian, (sic) 90K, pop-up camper, 4 spd., small ref., slps 4, runs & looks well, $4900; (773) 685-9495, Chicago. 84...
  • Re: Camp stove input requested
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:54:54 +0000
    ...my bus >"Wolfsburg Limited Edition III" >Featuring the following items: >Pop-Up Roof with double bed >Cushioned seat behind drivers seat with underseat storage...
  • For Sale 1965 VW Camper in Toronto
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 7 Apr 1995 12:19:47 -0400
    ...1965 VW Van (camper) Orig, pop up roof, 5,000km rebuilt new tires, must see. (416)530-1063 $1800 obo. I went and saw...
  • Re: sport racks on Westys
    Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
    Mon, 4 Dec 1995 17:19:48 -0500 (EST)
    ...If anyone sees a butterscotch '72 Westy in SW Virginia with eye bolts in the roof and a bumoer hitch attached to a beat...
  • another fyi FS 1987 Syncro Adventurewagen Camper USA san diego area $13600
    Historical mailing list - joel walker
    Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:46:29 -0500
    ...S AN ADVENTUREWAGEN CAMPER,BUBLE TOP,HAS MORE ROOM THAN A POP UP TOP,TWO OVERHEAD STORAGE COMPARTMENTS,CUSTOM CUPBOARDS,BACK SEAT FOLDS DOWN...
  • Re: EuroVan Winnebago Test Drive
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 6 Sep 94 11:28:41 CDT
    ...What I don't like is the lack of a tilt steering wheel. > > * Roof top luggage rack is smaller than Vanagon's (may be...
  • Transporter, Caravelle, Multivan etc.
    Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
    Mon, 1 Sep 1997 14:51:05 +0200
    ...Two different roofs, pop up top (like pre 79s) or fixed polyester high-roof (not the above mentioned commercial high-roof). 4 berth, fridges...
  • Re: Poor man awning
    Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
    Sun, 29 Apr 2001 20:35:18 -0400
    ...cross bar of the pop-up (kind of high, so attach it first before you pop up the roof) 3. hook other end of...
  • Fly screen (window screen) for 50/50 divides sliding window on the LEFT side, behind the driver
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Vogt
    Sat, 8 Apr 2006 18:36:53 +0200
    ...everyone! I am driving an '87 Westi 2WD with a pop-up roof, pretty normal, just the engine changed. If you know some German...
  • Re: Interior ???
    Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
    Wed, 15 Jan 2003 06:26:59 -0800
    ...I also installed a weekender bed ( for a full queen size), and a rear roof shelf that me and my boyfriend made out of...
  • Re: Are pop-up tops really necessary??
    Historical mailing list - Doug F
    Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:15:56 -0800
    ...Are pop-up tops really necessary?? I love my poptop, but usually dont sleep up there. The standing room while cooking is great. When...
  • Re: parts list for poptop shocks
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:10:34 EDT
    ...It looks like the gas-filled strut to open the pop-up roof was an official factory option in Europe for years on the...
  • Re: Fly screen (window screen) for 50/50 divides sliding window on the LEFT side, behind the driver
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 8 Apr 2006 12:23:22 -0500
    ...everyone! I am driving an '87 Westi 2WD with a pop-up > roof, pretty normal, just the engine changed. > > If you know some German...
  • Re: � � �DONT DO IT! �(was Re: 83.5 sort of westy for sale
    Historical mailing list - Green Westy
    Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:32:12 -0400
    ...Someone brings me a good roofclip and $500.00 and we got a deal. This westy has new utility outlets,had oil changed recently...
  • VW AG Response Re Syncro Export
    Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
    Wed, 20 May 1998 09:27:52 -0700
    ...Pop-up roof with 2-person bed, manual air conditioning (front only), window screens, fixed driver side rear facing seat with refrigerator in seat...
  • Re: Surf Rack
    Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
    Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:29:57 -0700
    I have roof racks on my westy and I have not problem stacking 4 longboards at time up on top. just position em so...
  • Re: Need '99 EV prices and available options
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Tue, 5 Jan 1999 07:20:44 -0800
    ...front seats $400 Total: $34415 The Weekender Package is 3495 Pop-up roof with 2-person bed Manual front air conditioning (replaces electronic climate...
  • Re: Multivan Badge
    Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
    Thu, 5 Mar 1998 09:54:31 +0100
    ...engine, manual 5-speed only, no further options available, no pop up roof, no cabinets. Things are different all over the world, our Carat...
  • Re: Another newbie
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:02:03 EST
    ...It doesn't leak visibly, but the pop-up canvas is > mildewing, so I know that moisture is getting in. The front luggage > rack...