Last I heard, the molds are in Davis, near Sacramento, Ca.
I saw pictures of them.
there are two inner molds, and one outer, ( or vice  versa )
The guy was willing to let them go for just what he has in them, which
is/was  $ 1,500.
An ad even appeared on theSamba I think, maybe 10 months ago.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Prendergast" <dprendergast@TRIAD.RR.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Fiberglass Dome Top High roof

> Seems as though I remember someone on the list had found the original
> molds for the adventure wagon?
> On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:39 PM, Danny C. wrote:
>
>> So I decided I wanted a dome top for my van and started to look for
>> a used Westfalia Joker top. What I found is that they are very rare
>> and there are none available in the USA (close to none) Then I
>> thought I would take an Adventurewagen top. Nice try! They are hard
>> to come by as well next to impossable unless you were buying the
>> whole van. So I was thinking about building my own. With one last
>> place to check- "GOOGLE" I Googled conversion van tops. I found a
>> company that has a mold for a 24" high fiberglass top for VW
>> Vanagon. The price starts at $800.00. I could not believe it. I also
>> found 2 other places that have molds as well for the Vanagon. WOW!
>> Just thought I would throw this out there...... Here is the link.
>>
>> http://www.discountvantruck.com/vantopsraisedroofs/bubblevantops.htm
>>
>>
>> Danny C.
>> '84 Westy (Vanny)
>>
>>
>>
>>