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• Needing Lift Mechinism for 1985 Vanagon poptop roof
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Thu, 31 May 2012 08:43:17 -0700
  ...I understand I can use a 1984-1990 item, � Its the horizontal bar and the side arms that bolt into the fiberglass roof and...
• Re: Reflective tinting ...
  Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:06:48 -0400
  paint the top white or silver? tint is for glass, wont adhere well on a roof thor Ken Wilford wrote: > What I would like...
• Roof storage bag
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:41:06 -0800
  Someone on the list recently was inquiring about a roof storage bag. J.C. Whitney has one on sale now. Looks good and the...
• Factory assembly information?
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:06:42 -0800
  ...The specific info I really need is the Standard roof, the Pop Top roof, and the Sun roof. Thanks to all, Save the Vanagons...
• Re: Installing a pop-top on a non-pop top EASY ??? IN ONE WEEDEND ??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:09:31 -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: pre 1968 westy roofrack question
  Historical mailing list - Erik Thomsen
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 11:41:11 -0800
  ...pre 1968 westy roofrack question (For all you people out there that care I am in the process of restoring = an old 1/3...
• Sunroof owners (attn!)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:25:03 -0800
  ...Just got a few questions for all you bus/vanagon sunroof owners (factory roofs only, I dont wanna know about you're leaking 70...
• Re: Vanagon high-roof sighting
  Historical mailing list - John P. Golden
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:45:42 -0800
  ...It had a white fiberglas > roof similar to the roof on David Schwarze's Safare camper, with the > sliding windows on the sides of...
• Re: Stairs to the Westy roof?
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:47:48 -0500
  ...Usually I support maself with the left foot on the latch pin, left hand on the roofrack tower, right hand on the object desired...
• FS: vanagon poptop roof section for sale...complete.. add to your hardtop van
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:34:36 EDT
  ...entire roof section from vanagon poptop westy. includes poptop, all hinges, brackets and hardware, upper bunk, luggage rack, even the metal roof section if...
• Re: Can a Westy Pop Top be TOO WIDE for a passenger Vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 07:45:42 EDT
  Fishboy, European T3 roofs are the same dimensions as US Specification Vanagons. Assuming that the Joker top you are working on came from a...
• Solar
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 1 May 2008 08:18:58 -0700
  ...It will go on the roof. I know some people have used Kyocera with a 120 watts. Does anyone have any good leads or...
• Re: Pop top Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gates
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:39:48 -0700
  I have just built the bed on the curved roof. This was after the pop top was installed on my Syncro GL. I used...
• Re: Double Roof / Portable Shade
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:05:20 EDT
  ...I have seen quite a few Land Rovers with double roofs in order to stop the sun from beating down directly onto the vehicle...
• Re: Whatever happened to that roofless mariachi-band Synchro on eBay ...?
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:13:10 -0500
  ...At last >count, there were well over 100 postings under such >varied headings as "Cutting the roof pillars", "What >the heck is a jugsaw...
• Re: Adding a pop top question??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 08:33:58 -0800
  ...The arched rear roof of the passenger models rises too close to the added top to allow the complete upper bed to fit. If...
• Re: westy interior/ installing a POPTOP
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 16:48:50 EST
  ...The entire roof is open under the poptop. The rear section has a piece of plywood bolted to the frame work of the roof...
• Popup roof alignment (how to)
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:57:10 -0800
  The popup roof on my 89 Westy is slightly out of alignment, so that the roof does not lay flat--it's higher on...
• chopping '78 roof
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:59:45 EST
  ...The rear half of the roof had been used as a dance floor and has a huge dent. Since another project is the last...
• roof rack for earlier van, er bus
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:41:07 -0800
  Hey all, I just saved a roof rack on a '77 bus from the furnace. It's a Yakima I think, sorta looks like...
• Need source for roof mounted AC for camper
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 02:39:49 -0400
  ...for a roof mounted air conditioner that could be used whiled parked in a camping area. I am interested in installing a system on...
• Re: Martha's roof coating
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 23:57:12 -0700
  Weston wrote: "It's been several months since Martha applied her roof coating (Cool Seal?). How's it doing? Weston" ...... Still doing great, Weston...
• Re: Double Roof / Portable Shade
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:06:38 -0400
  At 01:41 PM 10/4/2002, Ben T wrote: >I can see the benefits of a such a roof. However, I can also...
• Re: Sum Roofs in a 1991 GL?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 23:10:14 -0700
  ...I used a sun roof with two latches and put it just behind the front seats, temporarily removing the center ducting. Just be sure...
• Re: Roof outlet airflow?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:33:10 +0200
  Garrett Adams wrote: > However for the slide lever D on the bottom, which controls the roof outlets > in the back, the manual says "To...
• Thule roof rack for sale
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:27:42 -0400
  New Thule roof rack with one bike carrier for sale. It came off a 1997 Jetta Trek. Never used. Asking $200. Call John at...
• Re: Sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:58:50 -0400
  I bought a roll of "180# torch down" roofing material at a roofing supply store for $46 bucks. You could probably do 3 or...
• Vanagon high roof manufacturer in California!
  Historical mailing list - Pedro dos Santos
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:10:37 -0000
  There is a manufacturer that still has the mold of a bubble high roof for a vanagon! In California! Not Germany, not england but...
• question about a high roof vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:22:26 -0700
  ...An AW has a pointy rear end to the roof for aero reasons ( workds darn good too ) but this one is all roundy at...
• RV Roof Air...was Re: how many people drive vw as daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:14:47 -0400
  Ron, I am interested in the details of your conversion, particularly the power requirements of the RV roof unit. Scott '82 Westy -----Original Message...
• Re: Skylight replacing: "fiber gum or suitable caulking"?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 17 May 2005 21:07:35 -0500
  ...There are lots of similar products used by roofers to seal asphalt shingles and metal flashings. Most lumber yards or roofing supply businesses sell...
• Re: Busdepot ezawning with roof rack
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:41:49 -0400
  ...Another that comes to mind might be a couple sections of large dowel in the roof rack (where not obstructed by the roof rack...
• Re: Roof Racks for Westy Poptop
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:01:33 -0600
  ...Part of the bike mounts would stick out over the front a bit but I like it better than drilling the roof. For sailboard...
• Re: more Rust solutions...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 12:49:43 EDT
  ...roofing cement is for roofs... BTDT, and was really sorry... chris
• Re: Poptop conversion from a tintop.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 6 Sep 2024 08:10:28 -0400
  ...Given the amount of >>> damage to the roof combined with the complete wipe out of the AC >>> inside that hangs from the roof, I...
• 82 Van (Pop Up Roof) For Sale - $500
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Fri, 7 May 1999 17:38:14 -0500
  ...82 Vanagon with pop up roof for $ 500. (612) 588-0427 Call them, not me. I called the owner and was told the roof...
• Adding a pop top question??
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 10:59:23 EST
  Hi Everyone, Well looking to add a pop top to my new vanagon I have noticed the differences in the roofs and wonder if...
• Re: Roof racks
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:04:25 -0400
  ...Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Michael Kimball <kimballmk@gmail.com>wrote: > suggestions re: roof racks for Westy (for surf boards etc) >
• vanagon westfakia
  Historical mailing list - Michael Heron
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:16:38 -0400
  has anyone every tried to swap a westfalia roof/camping interior into a former "hartop" vanagon. how difficult was this? does anyone know if...
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  Historical mailing list - Mark Pry
  Sun, 20 May 2007 20:57:35 -0700
  Does the Yakima 1A rack tower fit on a GL (not a Westie)? REI's roof rack configurator is telling me I need the...
• Re: Adding a westy interior to a passanger van
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:31:30 -0400
  ...You have a double wall roof with a big > space between for the roof to slide back into. > > Leave the headliner alone! > > Mark > > > > craig...
• Re: Pop top side bar lift?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:24:40 -0600
  ...I am still able to put a canoe on the roof, lifting the roof just with empty canoe rack bars was causing My back...
• FS: Complete Thule roof rack system for Vanagon & Bus Westfalia, $299
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lee
  Wed, 20 May 2015 00:58:05 +0000
  I'm selling a Thule Super High Roof Rack System that nicely fits a Vanagon or Bus Westfalia. Attaches securely to rain gutters and...
• Re: Roof Racks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:22:49 -0600
  ...Yakima roof racks, older models that grip roof gutters, modified to grip the hatch edges, and mounted vertically on the hatch, works very well...
• Re: Magnolia rooftop tent?????
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:13:06 -0400
  ...Magnolia rooftop tent????? Any experience with these rooftop tents? Cheap way to convert passenger van to family camper????Cheers, Hermann de Boer Kansas City...
• FS: Thule Roof Rack
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:54:43 -0400
  All; I still have for sale a Thule roof rack for vanagons (non-westy type). Although I originally purchased it in the Fall of...
• Re: Westfakia, Poptop, Access, Design
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:54:25 -0700
  ...This would allow the Vanagon roof to go unscathed and the children would like it even better. More like a real tree house! I...
• Things I learned this weekend
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 07:34:52 -0600
  ...no it isn't your massve strength that lifts the roof so easily. 4. When taking the roof off, don't drop it on...
• Heavy-duty roof rack
  Historical mailing list - by way of Ron Lussier
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 08:42:50 -0700
  I was wondering if you could steer me toward a heavy duty roof rack for my eurovan. The thule and similar ones are too...
• non westy van roof near San Francisco?
  Historical mailing list - Maximiliano Goldschwartz
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 19:45:54 +0700
  Hi, I'm looking for a raised roof for a dodge RAM van. Does anybody know of any yards near San Francisco Bay Area...
• Re: roof racks - website update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:46:42 -0700
  ...15 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > I have posted pictures and commentary of Sean Garret's roof rail rack > mounting solution on my website. > > Alistair >
• Looking for a Hardcore roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:42:18 -0400
  Hello, I am looking for a permanently mounted roof rack for my 88 GL. Not a Thule or Yakima style, but a steel tube...
• Pop-up roof support/strut needed
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:27:44 -0800
  ...I wrote in about a week ago for suggestions about how to align my pop-up roof, as it was sitting higher on the...
• Re: Looking for roof rack clamps
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:05:08 -0500
  ...I have a Full length metal Roof rack with all 6 hold down clamps that was modified by PO to fit over Pop-top...
• Re: roof top tent
  Historical mailing list - Andrea Berardelli
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:33:09 -0800
  Hello, does anyone have a roof top folding tent for sale. We once a long while ago used a Air Camping folding tent in...
• Re: Westy roof bag
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:21:38 -0400
  an alternative is the "Sherpak Go! 7 Roof Bag" ($79.00 from f.ex. REI.com). It fits nicely and is easily secured up...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:56:50 -0700
  ...Monday, October 24, 2011 10:18:37 PM �> Seriously!!! your worried about what drag there is on a roof rack. WOW!!! The difference in...
• Re: Roof racks on non westies
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:49:28 -0400
  ...or how high the feet need to be to clear the roof? Also, these Proline racks listed above for $50 complete (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) look very similar...
• Re: Fiberine high-roofs: any experience with these?
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:59:50 -0500
  ...Fiberine high-roofs: any experience with these? I'm ready to buy the only high-roof available in the US, www.fiberine <http://www...
• Westy Table
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:03:20 -0500
  We stow our extra table top up on the top bunk under the roof in the back third behind where the bed folds over...