>
> I would love to find some approach that could replace the spring strut
> bar setup we have as this would solve the major obstacle to adding a
> slight bubble top section to a standard westy top. I want a bubble
> top/poptop hybrid so I can have a little more headroom even with the top
> down. 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.

Something like what they used on the Carthago tops in europe?
http://tinyurl.com/ytelvg

Only problem, of course, is that the gas struts lend almost no help at all
initially, being only a few degrees off horizontal when the top is down.

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John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
"Staubkess bolt? I have one of those?"