i agree w/ mark as many of you know ive done the conversion the easy way
too several times and results are perfect.

i have stayed out of this thread because its the same thing over and over,
the naysayers who havent done it this way usually like to talk crap about
it..this topic gets hashed at least every few months.. check the archives..

for those of you who want a poptop but dont want to do any welding, can cut
a vanagon sunroof sized hole (the area between the B and C pillars ) and
not lose any rigidy in the van.. no structural members are cut.

-no welding needed
-no structural members are cut
-you can do this in one weekend by yourself with a drill and a jigsaw

and yes  i do have a poptop assembly for sale  if anyone wants to install
one on their hardtop van..

chris

In a message dated 4/22/09 3:35:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mdrillock@COX.NET writes:

> I cut the hole and installed my first poptop 15 years ago to make my
> Baja Syncro Camper. It has been offroad many many times, heavily loaded.
>
> As long as the roof arches are left alone, the roughly 4' x 4' hole cut
> over the standing area is not a problem, in my experience. I have put
> 150k miles on that Syncro since. I still have it and I have done the
> same to a few others since that one.
>
> VW sold passenger vans to conversion companies for many years, knowing
> that those companies were going to cut a hole and put their own tops on.
>
>

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