Be easier to move the powertrain...

Jim

Bill Kasper wrote:
>
> first, thanks to all who answered my question about buying a used westfalia.
> i appreciate the information, and you all made good specific points.  it's a
> great starting point for our search!
>
> now.  i have looked in a bunch of places on the web, and haven't found
> anyone discussing this.  difficult to do?  can i assume i'd get a straight
> vanagon, with the engine fine, then a dead westfalia and move everything
> over?  seems like drilling holes and cutting the roof out for the poptop
> would be the hard parts, at least structurally.  plus getting all the
> camping stuff installed properly.  has anyone tried this?  or, with the
> exception of getting a syncro and doing it, is it not cost/time effective?
>
> thanks in advance (and again!).
>
> bill