Wadja do to your arm, Richard?  You had two of them back when I met you a
few years back...

Sorry for lack of vanagon content, but hey, I gotta be sympathetic to anyone
who's temporarily one-limbed!

Joy

:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
:::Of Richard A Jones
:::Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 7:10 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: Bubble/ Poptop and Raise Assists
:::
:::Mark wrote:
:::>  Adding a bubble to the Westy roof is not that major but the damn
:::> support bar is in the way when the top is  down.
:::
:::How about replacing that bar that crosses from one side to the
:::other with a custom shaped one that has a rectangularized U
:::in it, so that most of the "crossing" part is moved forward
:::or back?
:::
:::Could that get it out of your way?
:::
:::Could it also add leverage to help raise/lower the top?
:::
:::I went and looked at my snowed-in Westy and tried to imagine,
:::but I am one-armed and will be for five more weeks, so can't
:::experiment or visualize while raising or lowering the top,
:::so I'll just put this idea out....
:::
:::Richard
:::Boulder