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  • Re: How high is a Syncro Westy Hightop?
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:48:30 -0800
    ...From the other info I've received, it looks like the Westy hightop is about 8' 6". Pretty close to the AW. Cheers, Jeff...
  • Hightop install
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 22 May 2012 09:41:31 -0700
    Friend Simon's hightop project was complete enough for him to take van on a trip this last weekend. I've added interior pics...
  • How high is a Syncro Westy Hightop?
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:02:06 -0800
    Anyone know how the height of a Syncro Westy Hightop? I'm shipping one via RORO from Germany, but the shipping company wants dimensions...
  • Re: How high is a Syncro Westy Hightop?
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:09:38 -0800
    ...How high is a Syncro Westy Hightop? Anyone know how the height of a Syncro Westy Hightop? I'm shipping one via RORO from...
  • Re: 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - BenT
    Thu, 1 Dec 2016 09:07:38 -0800
    It's what they call the Westy hightop in Europe. IIRC the poptop is called a California. BenT sent from my electronic leash > On...
  • AW: How high is a Syncro Westy Hightop?
    Historical mailing list - Christoph Boltze
    Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:44:52 +0100
    ...How high is a Syncro Westy Hightop? Anyone know how the height of a Syncro Westy Hightop? I'm shipping one via RORO from...
  • wanted - hightop for 87 vanagon
    Historical mailing list - justin -
    Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:09:41 -0600
    looking for a hightop to mount on my 87 syncro vanagon west coast only thanks justin _________________________________________________________________ Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all...
  • Re: How high is a Syncro Westy Hightop?
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:31:26 -0500
    ...On Dec 20, 2007 4:02 PM, VW Doka <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone know how the height of a Syncro Westy Hightop...
  • FS: '73 Adventurewagen HighTop - Project
    Historical mailing list - Doug
    Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:10:05 -0500
    FS: '73 Adventurewagen HighTop - Project Cross-post from AW Yahoo Group: Great Springtime project! Non-running AW HighTop needs new home fast! Don't...
  • Hightop Link?
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:15:40 -0400
    does anyone have the link to the site where a guy from canada took a type II bus hightop cut it down fused it...
  • Re: 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Thu, 1 Dec 2016 17:36:13 -0400
    ...The California and the Atlantic were both available in pop-top or hightop models. They were the follow-on to the Joker and Club...
  • Re: Swivel Seat - FInally
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:52:22 -0700
    ...really helps when you turn the van into a > chip wagon :) > > <http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/1989-Westfalia-diesel > syncro-hightop_12531326> > > Link...
  • 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
    Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:53:40 -0500
    ...http://bringatrailer.com/2016/11/30/restored-hightop-westy-1990-volkswagen-t3-atlantic/ Ned -- Ned Savoie Creative Director Harbour Light Strategic Marketing Savvy Software...
  • Re: '70's something tall-hardtop camper
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:41:07 -0500
    Hi John, There were a couple of aftermarket hightop camper manufacturers, including Safare, and Adventurewagen. These tops were made from fibreglass. http://www.type2...
  • here's one for the Diesel folks: FS 82 diesel hightop camper, Dubuque, IA $4200
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:21:21 -0500
    ...1982 diesel vanagon hightop Dasher diesel motor rebuilt 12,000 miles ago clutch replaced 10,000 miles ago Starts right up and runs great...
  • Re: smallest Sprinter - and the Dodge!? Westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:49:40 +1200
    >i really like hightops but that has to be one of the butt ugliest hightops >i've seen in a while. That't the...
  • Re: LOOK a hightop roof FS on ebay
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:29:45 -0400
    You are not the first person to think a hightop would make a good boat... http://home.t-online.de/home/claus_wiedmaier/varius...
  • Re: Coast mountain high tops
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:52:22 -0700
    ...As I said before, I do think it's an attractive hightop. I've been in a few of the originals and while the...
  • "get-away van" high top roof
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:01:54 -0700
    I have a friend who is hell bent on finding a hightop roof to put on his van. Up here in the PNW there...
  • Re: Stupid question but - I'm stupid
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:35:45 -0700
    north american hightops is importing one version from the uk http://canadianhightops.ca/questionsandanswers.html I'm helping my friend put a hightop onto...
  • PICS available of Adventurewagen Hightop roof transplant
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 2 Dec 2005 01:01:08 -0800
    ...The yellow Syncro with the pale blue hightop look very much like the Post Office hightop buses that Holger remembers in Germany. Anyway, so...
  • Re: Desperate for a High Top!
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:20:52 -0800
    I spotted an aircooled Vanagon hightop for sale in Burlington VT in September. It may still be at Better Bus & Bug on S. Champlain...
  • Early breadloaf Westy hi-top sighting
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, IS Manager
    Mon, 10 Feb 1997 19:44:30 -0800
    Saw a nice early breadload today, with a sort-of hightop, with a pop up centre section. It was red, with white top, big...
  • Re: smallest Sprinter - and the Dodge!? Westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Tue, 13 Apr 2004 01:31:34 -0400
    i really like hightops but that has to be one of the butt ugliest hightops i've seen in a while. jonathan On Mon...
  • Re: VW Camper dreams
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:01:25 -0700
    ...A combo > hightop/poptop that gives added headroom all the time even when down. > Good for stealth camping and cold weather camping. When you...
  • Re: LOOK a hightop roof FS on ebay
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:03:11 -0600
    ...Bob You are not the first person to think a hightop would make a good boat... http://home.t-online.de/home/claus_wiedmaier...
  • Re: Hightop in Croatian wreckers yard
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:26:09 +0000
    Trick piece on the hightop postal van is the add-on extender for the walkthrough divider.  No need to make a tall divider and...
  • FS: 1987 VW T3 Westfalia Joker Hightop
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:44:21 -0400
    Folks, we are selling the 1987 VW T3 Westfalia Joker Hightop we bought and used in Germany. See the Samba link below for full...
  • Re: JFF - re: Save the Adventurewagen Molds! (ultra long)
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Mon, 7 Feb 2005 02:50:44 -0500
    ...Research on Hightops. 3. Hightop production in the United States. 4. My Plan for the Adventurewagen molds. 1. Some personal information about me. ----------------------------------------- I...
  • Re: 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Thu, 1 Dec 2016 17:13:57 -0400
    ...Atlantic model? Looks interesting. > > http://bringatrailer.com/2016/11/30/restored-hightop-westy-1990-volkswagen-t3-atlantic/ > > Ned > > -- > > Ned Savoie > Creative Director > > Harbour Light...
  • Re: LOOK a hightop roof FS on ebay
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Mon, 21 Apr 2003 10:32:56 -0400
    hi i would like to take a survey of how many people on the list would like to purchase a hightop similar to this...
  • Hightop FS (hochdach)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sun, 4 May 2003 12:48:03 -0700
    I just noticed an air-cooled hightop for sale in my neighborhood. Don't know the price, it's parked in someone's driveway...
  • Re: High Tops
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:45:59 -0800
    One of my vendors in Germany has quite a few new Westfalia hightops sitting in his inventory. I'm not sure about demand yet...
  • Hightop Group Purchase?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:21:20 -0700
    Hey all, Recently , I've had several requests for hightop roofs for the Vanagon. So... I spoke with my contact at Reimo in Germany...
  • Re: Hightop Group Purchase?
    Historical mailing list - The Westy man
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:47:45 -0700
    ...Hightop Group Purchase? > Hey all, > > Recently , I've had several requests for hightop roofs for the Vanagon. > So... I spoke with my contact at...
  • Re: Hightop Group Purchase?
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:57:45 -0700
    ...Hightop Group Purchase? > > Hey all, > > Recently , I've had several requests for hightop roofs for the > Vanagon. > So... I spoke with my contact at...
  • Re: 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 6 Dec 2016 21:18:12 -0500
    ...Atlantic model? Looks interesting. > > http://bringatrailer.com/2016/11/30/restored-hightop-westy- > 1990-volkswagen-t3-atlantic/ > > Ned > > -- > > Ned Savoie > Creative Director > > Harbour Light...
  • Desperate for a High Top!
    Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
    Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:12:34 -0500
    Hi Folks, I have fallen in love with camping in my Vanagon and would like a hightop. Being in the USA, these tops are...
  • Hightop Purchase Survey Results
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Sat, 10 May 2003 23:08:46 -0400
    Here are the results for the Vanagon Hightop purchase survey that I conducted a while back. Sorry the results took so long to make...
  • Re: [Syncro] Re: Group discount - Vanagon high tops
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:55:54 EDT
    ...Looks much sleeker, > but it completely eliminates the front storage compartment the AW top > has. > In Europe there is such a smorgasbord of hightops...
  • Re: very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:32:26 -0700
    ...very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale only 8,000 km, looks to be in very nice shape http://www.retrade.dk/aitem...
  • Re: Swivel Seat - FInally
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:27:26 -0700
    ...There is one for sale locally (Victoria BC), owner imported joker hightop, syncro diesel. Got them thermopane windows that open on hinges at top...
  • Hightop/diesel 81' available in Truckee, CA-for parts
    Historical mailing list - Brian Butler
    Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:40:06 -0800
    There is a hightop(don't know the brand) diesel vanagon, I think an 81',(brown and tan), at a shop in Truckee, CA...
  • Re: [Syncro] Re: Group discount - Vanagon high tops
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:06:55 EDT
    ...Huh? You musty be looking at another type of Reimo hightop. The ones that look like upside down boats are not as roomy. But...
  • nice pair of syncro hightops
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 6 Jun 2012 20:04:37 -0700
    but why the air compressor? http://saddletramps.tumblr.com/post/24482837501 alistair
  • Re: JFF - re: Save the Adventurewagen Molds! (ultra long)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Mon, 7 Feb 2005 01:03:22 -0800
    ...Research on Hightops. > 3. Hightop production in the United States. > 4. My Plan for the Adventurewagen molds. > > > 1. Some personal information about me. > ----------------------------------------- > I...
  • Re: the high+pop-top
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:30:17 -0800
    ...but what is the point really? A > hightop should give anyone more than enough headroom / up top sleeping > room. > The trouble with a hightop...
  • 1989 Vanagon Hightop FS
    Historical mailing list - Mary Holbert
    Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:27:30 EST
    Everyone who wanted inside pictures of this Vanagon - I have them now...e-mail me.
  • Re: very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:02:49 -0700
    ...very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale Why is it so cheap? I mean, it's a low-mileage hightop, aside from having...
  • Re: local hightop for sale - interesting pics
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Mon, 5 Sep 2011 17:01:35 -0600
    They have the 'I don't think I can bear another breakdown,' look.......... Miguel
  • Hightop in Croatian wreckers yard
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:58:27 -0700
    Good friend Simon on holiday in Croatia, found a wreckers yard. Pics on my blog https://shufti.blog/ Alistair
  • Re: very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:24:05 -0230
    Why is it so cheap? I mean, it's a low-mileage hightop, aside from having been fitted out as an ambulance! Maybe it...
  • Re: 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - Pete O
    Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:38:35 -0500
    Didn't think I had seen that color - thanks for looking it up. Pete O 1987 Westy "JoesVan" 1979 Westy "Aarvark"
  • Re: 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - Pete O
    Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:02:27 -0500
    "Calypso Green was a factory offered color" Really? Don't recall that color; am I wrong? Pete O 1987 Westy "JoesVan" 1979 Westy "Aardvark" >
  • Re: Hightop Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:30:29 -0700
    ...GMAIL.COM> wrote: From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Hightop Syncro To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 11...
  • Re: very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
    Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:19:51 -0700
    ...very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale > > > > Why is it so cheap? I mean, it's a low-mileage hightop, aside from having...
  • Re: Hightop FS (hochdach)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sun, 4 May 2003 15:18:13 -0700
    ...Stan Wilder On Sun, 4 May 2003 12:48:03 -0700 Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@TSSGI.COM> writes: > I just noticed an air-cooled hightop...
  • Re: very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:24:52 -0700
    ...very low mileage syncro hightop ambulance for sale Does the Danish navy drop ship? On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Jeff...
  • cool hightop options available....
    Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
    Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:21:19 -0700
    http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/ENGLISH/Campingbus/campingbus.html there are some other cool options on this page also, kinda geared toward the...
  • Re: High Top - Reality Check
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Sat, 15 May 2004 15:29:16 -0400
    karl what did it cost you to have your hightop shipped to you, what carrier was used, and what type of crating was necessary...