oh, and air cooled vanagon, I see.
I didn't notice your  'support from above' system or whatever you mean, in
the pictures.  I just use overhead lifting with a come-a-long.
whadiya got left for Westy bits ?
I could use a rear cabinet, a rear two person seat, and a water tank, and a
rear cushion over the engine.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: Pop-top wanted

>I would like to add that cutting the whole roof off is SHOCKINGLY easy with
> a sawzaw. I think it took me 15 min total after i had all the windows out.
> The tricky part however, is the weight and awkwardness of the top.... once
> you go to cut the last few pillars it will collapse in on itsself making
> the
> cutting tricky. You really need a means of supporting it. Then there's the
> problem of getting the thing off, i was going to use 6 strong men for that
> job, but then realized "well once they lift it up, how do they navigate
> the
> thing off?". So, i came up with a solution that i will surely follow for
> all
> future poptop cuttings...
> Support it from the top! Take the weight off.
>
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004304&l=14b72&id=1457880199
>
> I bought my donor westy complete for $400, then sold a TON of sutff off it
> (still have some bits to sell...westy bits too)
> All in all, i made money in doing my conversion, and i'd reccomend to
> anyone
> with enough time to do a roof swap, that it would be adventagous for them
> to
> purchase a whole camper and part it out accordingly. There must be plenty
> of
> dead campers on the west coast, you just need to keep your eyes open. : )
>
> -Craig
> '85GL turned WESTY
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:17 PM, miguel pacheco
> <mundopacheco@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Guys, I have a 1984 Westy poptop (missing only the sunroof and canvas)
>> for sale in Durango, Co. for 200.00. I have all the hardware to go
>> with this. The roof color is that faint yellow from that year. I know
>> this is cheap and I was going to try to get more, but I'm trying to
>> eliminate my 100.00/mo storage unit. I have many other goodies you
>> will want to take with you when you come to take the top......2.1
>> engine parts, Syncro parts, etc......bring a flatbed so you can haul
>> off my 73 Thing daily driver too!
>> So take advantage of those low, low gasoline prices and see the
>> beautiful Southwest! As an added bonus, while here, you can spend the
>> night with us, though you may have to share the bed with Isabel, but
>> no worries, she's a beautiful chow mix!
>> Thanks,
>> Miguel
>>
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