>If this is covered in a FAQ or somewhere, forgive the repeat question
>and please send me to it.
>
>Is the Westy body reinforced somehow, more so than the Vanagon body?
>It occurred to me that if you cut a large hole in the ceiling of a
>Vanagon and pop a bed and pop-top on there, you have greatly weakened
>the body integrity.
>
>Did VW reinforce the Westy somehow?

Westphalia bought stock vans from VW, I believe. The conversion was
not done by VW. I very much doubt there was any reinforcement done.
So the body would be weaker and flex more. Not as much as a
double-door van, though!
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Andrew Grebneff
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