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• New Toys in Town!
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:39:09 -0800
  ...an '88 Syncro Westy Hightop, and an '81 Iltis! If you're interested, there are some pics here: Joker pics: http://www.autostadtwest.com...
• Four Speed Wasserboxers?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:00:05 +1100 (EST)
  ...got Panel Vans,Window Vans,Caravelles,Carats, Single Cabs,Double Cabs,Hightops and Syncros (in any of the above body shapes)and ALL were...
• Re: How tall is a Syncro Westflaia 'Joker'
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 04:50:48 -0800
  The 1989 Spanish VW Transporter brochure has two hightop versions, a windowless delivery van and a kombi passenger van. Syncro versions of each model...
• Re: technique question-- molds - modify a top??
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:15:14 -0700
  ...On a hightop for my van I have been looking at some of the ones in the salvage yards that are on chevy and...
• Re: thinking of buying a '93 Eurovan.. any words of wisdom?
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:44:57 -0700
  About 1997 the local VW lot had a '93 or '94 Eurovan hightop camper conversion on their lot that I looked at very closely...
• Re: A Westy awning- reply from slowcarfasthouse
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:52:44 +0000
  ...There is a write up at this link- http://slowcarfasthouse.com/2015/05/31/the-room-and-awning-features-on-our-hightop-vanagon/ Geneva...
• Reimo mushroom top group buy
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:39:17 -0800
  ...There is also a Reimo Aeroline hightop group at the same time. Those tops are going for $1800 but must be picked up in...
• Re: Wanted - High top
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 14 May 2004 16:14:56 -0700
  ...Here's a link to an image of the Westy hightops that I can get. > > http://www.vanagonparts.com/images/temp/joker.jpg > > We...
• Re: FS - Syncro Westy/Adventurewagen Hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Tue, 18 May 2004 10:12:46 -0700
  ...He's a white 87 Syncro Westy full camper, with > an Adventurewagen hightop instead of the Westy poptop, and has had an > Extreme Makeover...
• Re: Great Engine test stand event, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:46:49 -0500
  ...modified Corvair six that I then mounted in the 72 >Sundial hightop. > >I have several spare diesel trans bell housings and will have a...
• Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 01:02:05 -0400
  ...Seems like it would be great for a Westy! They also had a mid-70's bus with a hightop on it, in fairly...
• Re: Fwd: [vanagon] ISO: Adventurewagen roof.
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:47:30 -0400
  ...I have seen BenT's post, > but if anybody has any additional leads on a hightop alone I would > greatly appreciate the direction. Please...
• Re: Dimensionally challenged - How big is that Westy in the window?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 1 Aug 2015 09:57:42 -0300
  ...I'm guessing the height of a Westfalia hightop is 100 - 102" (provided it is wearing 14" shoes). >> >> Does anyone out there have a...
• Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Laurin J. Schmidt, II
  Sun, 8 Aug 1999 18:24:26 -0500
  ...TIA! Jay Schmidt 84 Westy newbie 77 Westy 71 hightop lawn ornament schmidt5@hsonline.net PS: I'd love to find the bentley vanagon...
• Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 07:23:21 EDT
  ...Seems like it would be great for a Westy! They also had a mid-70's bus with a hightop on it, in fairly...
• Re: Moby L spotted! Holy synchro and a half....
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:41:06 -0700
  ...wheel mounted to > it (ok, and the spare) > > It was a hightop style van, and had synchro 4x4 decals all across the bottom > side...
• Aftermarket AC solution for Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 20:45:14 -0700
  Over the winter I will be doing some upgrading to our Syncro Westfalia Hightop. One of the things I want to add is 134a...
• Re: travelling for parts
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:23:49 -0500
  ...but 2400 miles for a hightop.. thats a lot of driving. I have a syncro passanger van with a glass sunroof over the D...
• Re: pictures 60 years meeting in Hannover Germany
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:35:36 -0700
  ...Good pix of Autohomes Hightop and poptop campers and a > > Devon Moonraker, among other Europe-only campers.. > > > > http://www.vwcampercrazy.co.uk/search_results...
• Re: pictures 60 years meeting in Hannover Germany
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:45:09 -0700
  ...Good pix of Autohomes Hightop and poptop campers and a >Devon Moonraker, among other Europe-only campers.. > >http://www.vwcampercrazy.co.uk/search_results...
• BGT: Unique! 1989 Dehler-Profi T3 Syncro 16"
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:11:53 -0800
  ...IMHO the Dheler hightop is the nicest hightop available. Right now the van is at Marc Peter's place in the Netherlands having some...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Group discount - Vanagon high tops
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:56:32 -0700
  ...I missed the original post on this one, but I *LOVE* my Syncro Westfalia Hightop - I would never be without one again. My friends...
• Re: Finally saw a bus with a Vanagon.com sticker
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 18 May 2006 20:49:06 -0700
  ...I just > don't want to > right now." > > The bus I saw was the white hightop on Pico near La Cienega. I was > travelling...
• Re: Moby L spotted! Holy synchro and a half....
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:52:24 -0400
  ...wheel mounted to it (ok, and the spare) It was a hightop style van, and had synchro 4x4 decals all across the bottom side...
• Westy's forsale in the Ottawa area
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 07:32:37 EDT
  ...613-282-1544 #4 1988 Vanagon fixed hightop camper conversion by "GET AWAY", 3 way fridge, 2 burner stove, sink, fresh water tank, furnace...
• Re: Off-topic (Friday) Ford Connect Propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 3 Feb 2018 18:00:18 +0000
  ...In my opinion a nice solution to a hightop camper. (No relation to the link source.) These Westies, nicknamed "Nugget" can be bought second...
• Re: � � � Re: aerodynamics, was : 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:32:02 EDT
  ...The European hightop camper (Dehler profile) takes the drag coefficient to 0.40 with a frontal area of 3.61 m2. So highest drag...
• Re: Removing Driver Side Swivel
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Childs
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:42:05 -0700
  ...Westfalia Multivan (1991-2005) '78 Champaigne Edition (1978-1991) '74 Safare Hightop (1974-1978) '69 Kombi Sportsmobile (1969-1974) -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: anyone know this camper?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:24:05 -0600
  ...The most ellegent looking hightop out there > IMO. > > Phil > > > --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > >> In a message dated 10/15/04 9:48:17 AM...
• Another huge turn out for BurningVan
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:30:34 -0800
  ...Westies abound as usual but some Tristar Dokas and even a hightop LT-28. You might have seen this advertised on CL recently. Only...
• Re: 1986 & 1987 Transporters are now Importable!
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:54 -0700
  ...Get something cool like a Syncro 16" hightop turbodiesel! Tom --- Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > At 7/11/2007 06:33 PM, VW Doka...
• Re: Brakes-
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:59:18 -1000
  ...Ideas, suggestions? >> 1985 Vanagon/Westfalia/Hightop/Bostig >>
• Second Source of Grease Needles, etc
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 23:03:46 -0500
  ...Also it seemed like every loaf had a beat-up homemade hightop installed. If you like sushi, there are more sushi shops there than...
• Re: Mileage ?
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 20:05:22 -0000
  28-25 Motorway, 20-23 city 1985 1.9L (Unleaded Petrol) Hightop Transporter. 70k miles 60mph/100kmph. Loaded with 3 weeks holiday camping equipment...
• Re: technique question-- molds - modify a top??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:05:14 -0800
  ...this person who >is on the list i believe modified a Type 2 hightop (from the pictures i >believe it to be a safare...
• Re: Was: Hightop Group Purchase - Now: What about Reimo?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:35:19 -0700
  Nice job, Bryan! Reminds me of the cabinet on our (long departed) 1971 Westy. The layout on that (with jump seat behind driver, no...
• Re: Subaru EE20
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Fri, 20 May 2016 18:36:49 -0700
  ...The companion 6-spd tranny would also be a significant upgrade. > > A pricy path, but when I find the Atlantic Hightop of my dreams...
• Re: Sticky diesel starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:34:13 +0000
  ...at aledw@BTINTERNET.COM wrote: > I've an '86 1.6D HighTop Transporter (UK) and today the starter won't turn > on the first...
• Re: Aside from Wsetfalia, what other Vanagon conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:50:18 -0500
  There is my favorite hightop the Adventurewagen: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Adventurewagen/ (though I prefer my arangement westy interior w/AW top...
• Re: BGT: Unique! 1989 Dehler-Profi T3 Syncro 16"
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:01:30 -0800
  ...IMHO the Dheler hightop is the nicest > hightop available. > > Right now the van is at Marc Peter's place in the Netherlands having some...
• Re: pop-up vs. high top
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:49:05 -0400
  Mmm I recall our first trip in our hightop 86 camper from London england was to the coast of France in the spring of...
• Re: pop top for sunroof van-- new supplier or junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:04:32 -0700
  ...the camper idea better and the > occasional wind fright in the hightop is an issue too... > > Mark > not really sure what your question is...
• Re: Design your own stripes,ect for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:23:00 -0800
  ...They have LTs, right and left hand drive T2s including hightops and even wide bed pickups! No Westfalias though. :( On 3/13/07, Roger...
• Re: VW Camper dreams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:43:12 -0700
  ...A combo > hightop/poptop that gives added headroom all the time even when down. > Mark, this raises a question that has been in the...
• Re: '91 westy with 60k mi....$9 grand. on CL
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:06:37 -0300
  ...first week of August and am exploring both a Dehler and hightop Westy at the moment. I’m not even going to bother asking...
• Re: Reimo mushroom top group buy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:12:54 -0800
  ...Shipping to you is possible for additional cost. > > There is also a Reimo Aeroline hightop group at the same time. Those tops are going...
• Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:57:52 -0400
  ...Seems like it would be > great > >for a Westy! They also had a mid-70's bus with a hightop on it, in fairly...
• Re: CAD model of vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:16:24 -0500
  ...my van for a while i need a virtual one and >>> fool around >>> with designing extras, add-ons, dream-hightops, spoilers, extended >>> tails, >>> :-) >>> >>> florian >>> >>> >> >> > >
• Re: New Toys in Town!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:56:05 -0800
  ...an '88 Syncro Westy Hightop, > and an '81 Iltis! > > If you're interested, there are some pics here: > > Joker pics: > > http://www.autostadtwest.com...
• Can anyone advise on adding Adventurewagen roof to Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:46:54 -0700
  ...The bolts and trim for the fiberglass hightop is almost totally rusted. Since aircooled Vanagon campers are not highly valued here, it does not...
• Re: Just like a Vanagon, but modern..
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:10:51 -0800
  ...of these little Mitsu vans, a 4WD version with owner-installed hightop (you could tell) and Swiss plates.� I remember looking at it and...
• Re: Moby L spotted! Holy synchro and a half....
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Coffey
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:55:21 -0700
  ...wheel mounted >> >> >to > > >>it (ok, and the spare) >> >>It was a hightop style van, and had synchro 4x4 decals all across the >> >> >bottom > > >>side...
• Re: pictures 60 years meeting in Hannover Germany
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:35:54 -0700
  ...Good pix of Autohomes Hightop and poptop campers and a > Devon Moonraker, among other Europe-only campers.. > > http://www.vwcampercrazy.co.uk/search_results...
• Re: GEX update...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 20:14:54
  ...If a Safare hightop means that the >roof of the bus is about 3 feet above the gutter line, then I got >one. Not...
• Re: Deheler-Profi hightop in Oregon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:14:08 -0700
  I saw one of those around here in Rochester NY. The one mod or orginal factory spec was the carburated waterboxer not Fuel Injected...
• Re: Sticky diesel starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:35:01 -0500
  ...Sticky diesel starter motor > > > I've an '86 1.6D HighTop Transporter (UK) and today the starter won't turn > on the first twist...
• Re: Moby L spotted! Holy synchro and a half....
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:12:50 +0200
  ...wheel mounted to it (ok, and the spare) It was a hightop style van, and had synchro 4x4 decals all across the bottom side...
• Re: Adventurewagon high top molds - wind tunnel tests
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:13:20 -0800
  ...The hightop model may be more efficient for it's frontal size but it is still larger. Just because a modification reduces the drag...
• Re: LVC Does anyone know what years Diesel syncro VW LT's were made?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:41:17 -0700
  ...Ideally I'd like to buy one with a > hightop, camper interior (preferably the Westfalia version rather than an > add on camper body - I...
• Re: Portland Metro RV show
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:09:48 -0800
  ...As an aside, the most efficient layout I've seen is the T3 Dehler hightop van, which is similar to the Westy in interior...