you can search the archives and the samba for "big hole method" which is the
only way to put in a complete standard westy bed, use westy trim underneath
and all without transferring in a westy roofcut.
otherwise the small hole method as proposed by jordanvw works, but you need
to fabricate your own trim and you will have to come up with a thinner bed
or something that fits above the curved roof.
florian

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been looking at a pop top at a local yard wondering if it could be
> installed on me Vanagon ('86).  First prob is the luggage rack (missing).
> If I didn't find a rack pronto I guess I'd have to jury rig a wind
> deflector
> and search avidly.
>
> Bigger problem?  I'm wondering if a person could simply cut a rectangle
> with
> rounded corners in btwn the first two roof ribs aft of the cockpit and
> finish it off with some soft rubber molding.  The headliner/interior
> ceiling
> (around the rectangle) could be finished with wood, could it not?
>
> I'm thinking a level sleeping surface could be built by simply adding a
> couple of 2x4's on edge spanned with a sheet of 1" plywood.  I've already
> harvested the two foam pads from a Westy, so there.
>
> The new top bunk access wouldn't be large but I think my children would
> love
> it . . . until they're my size.
>
> Seems to me I could have a Westy pop top, installed, for under a grand.
>  No?
>
> --
> Neil2
> '86 Vanagon/Weekender in process (Savannah)
> Nunquam Pendite Divendium
>