I never have full westy. I had a weekender (sold) and now tin top...

for tin top has more space then the weekender and the weekender has more
space then the full westy

the tin top is lighter than the weekender and the weekender is lighter than
the full westy... I can pass easily a full westy with my tin top giving it
has the same engine as mine..

so the weekender is a bridge between the tin top and the westy...

the weekender has the look of the full westy and almost the space of the
tin top...

some people put a pop top on a tin top... so gutting a full westy to make
it a weekender is OK too... as long as you don't care what other people
will say...

it's your van and it's your life... you have the freedom to do what you like

:-)