On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Gregoire Blachon <g.blachon@gmail.com>wrote:

> I had one few years ago,
> Now i have a westy and i realized that hard top is very good.
>
> *pros:*
>
> 1/ you can park in the middle of a city and sleep 4 people with discretion
> (you
> don't have to pop the top and then get kicked because it looks like a
> camping spot or something like that)
>
> 2/ For a big trip you can store a LOT of things in the top  rear AND
> overhead front compartment thing that you can't do with the westy!
>
> 3/ Stiff roof, it's like a house! very good insulation ( the roof is made
> of
> 2in foam sandwiched by glassfiber resin)
>

  Another Pro:

  Sound.....Having a Westie with it's pop top canvas sides you can hear your
noisy neighbors and are susceptible to gusty wind noise.  I have a tin top
Van with a westie inside and it's much quieter inside than both of my
pop-top pick up campers.

   That top looks to be a nice one.  It looks like it would make a vanagon
into a pretty good mini-RV.  But as Gregiore says, it would subtract
drivebility and fuel economy from a 'low-profile' Westie or Vanagon.
 Don Hanson