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Subject:Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:20:59 -0500

mark drillock wrote:
> When you do want it for the full sized bed it is great to have it but
> that is not how it gets used most of the time.

On my '75 bus I used it most of the time because I'm 6' tall, and the
lower bed was a bit too short.  The Vanagon's lower bed is bigger,
though, so I end up using it more.

If you've just stopped to sleep after a long drive in hot weather,
though, the upper bed can be nicer because the engine heat doesn't soak
up into it like it does the lower bed.  In cool weather the lower bed is
nicer for exactly the same reason. ;)

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David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 VW Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si -- For Sale
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon