

| Subject: | Re: EV top on Vanagon? |
| From: | Stephen Grisanti |
| Date: | Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:32:49 -0700 |
This Samba thread says No, but that does not mean it hasn't been done by someone, somehow, somewhere. �Good luck if you find one to try. �There was one in a junkyard near me for years but it is now gone and the yard closed. �Body was a rusted mess but the jumpseat interior and the low-profile poptop were nearly perfect. �I think the guy was dreaming to ask $2k for a junked vehicle, but that was the price he mentioned and he would NOT part it out. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=485434&highlight=eurovan+poptop Stephen On Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:41 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: anybody ever try to put a EV Westfalia top on a Vanagon?� I was next to a buddie's EV weekender, I guess you'd call it, and that top looked like it might go onto a Vanagon.� Those tops are a lot less protruding than a Vanagon Westie top...I never even noticed it WAS a pop top till I looked closely.� If that kinda top could be adapted to my Tin Top I would be very interested, maybe I'd be able to dredge one out of a wrecking yard somewhere and stick it on for the headroom. � I live and drive in such a windy place that the Westie top, with it's aerodynamic 'baggage', I'd be 'paying' for the added headroom of one every time I daily-drive.� I've seen the list posts from others who've driven the Columbia River Gorge (where I live) and had issues with their Westies and the winds.� 40+ mph is not considered especially windy and 70+ are frequent on a 'regular' day... With prevailing winds like these, you want your 'rig' to be as low profile as possible. � I realize there'd probably be some adjustments needed to make the fit, but I was curious if anyone has found the rough dimensions to be workable for a possible Vanagon conversion.� The EV Westfalia tops are very slick.
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