Folks,
I've come up with a new type of roof rack system for our westfalias.
It attaches to both the pop top and it has gutter mounts.  You can use
either mount, or both for maximum strength.
The advantage to this is that you have the strength of a rain gutter rack
but can still raise the pop top without removing the rack.
I've also made a safari basket carrier fitted to the racks and sized
specifically for the westfalia.
I could also make a version for non-westfalia vanagons.

I originally developed this rack because I had concerns about putting
anything more than the lightest of loads on the fiberglass pop top.

Take a look here and tell me what you think
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/roof/roofrack.htm

Thanks
Gary Lee