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Subject:Re: westfalia top retro
From:Dave Kautz
Date:Tue, 24 Jan 95 14:58:35 PST

> 
> Hi I'm new here.I own a 1979 bus. I was considering retro fiting a 
> westfalia top from a 1971 bus. The guy wants $100 canadian for the
> top. Has anybody done this before? Is it a pain? Is it worth it.
> thank you for your help
> gary
> 

  There was some discussion about this very topic recently - I think the
  cautious consensus was that the conversion would work on a bus already
  equipped with a sunroof. But it's still a significant job to do, even
  when the properly reinforced hole is already there, since there are rein-
  forcing plates underneath the pop-top hinges <hiding behind the headliner>.

  Dave Kautz