Keep that support brace, for sure. I have measured a few bubble tops on
various American camper van models so I assume that is what you are
looking at too. They are just a little bit too wide for the Vanagon roof
but not as much so as one might guess. I have seen some that could fit
if you trimmed the slanted out bottom edge until the width was right but
their window openings were too low for that. Still looking though. The
Adventurewagen roof has the advantage of fitting but I'm not 100% happy
with it. There was one available to me for a long time at a quoted price
of $150 from a VW junkyard but it was the early aircooled Vanagon model
version top and a little too beat up to boot. I went by to look closely
at it again yesterday and it was gone. Oh well, snooze and loose.

Mark

jimt wrote:

>On 2/7/05 4:05 PM, "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
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>>That guy did a big no no as far as I am concerned. He cut out the main
>>upper support arch in the rear section and did not replace it with anything.
>>You can see the support still in place after the roof skin was removed
>>on page 6, photo 3, then gone in photo 4 of that page. Still gone on
>>page 17,roof project done.
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>>Mark
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>That is one error I will not be making.  And yes it is a big nono on any
>vehicle.  I have seen this done and the vehicle will bow out in the center
>at the top after a while.
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>My top bed will remain in place as will the braces on my 82 westy.
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