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Subject:Re: Non pop top bay Westy questions
From:Richard
Date:Mon, 01 May 95 10:04:54 EDT

> Something I saw today has me wondering, now I know Westy
> did fairly common non pop top versions of bay window Buses,
> certainly till '70 or '71, all the interior pieces and often
> a hammock in front, but when did they stop offering these.
> I saw in a junkyard a genuine Type IV engined, large tailight,
> large bumper, high front turn signaled, Westy.  This was origional
> all ID plates etc and looked to probably be a dual carbed '74, and
> no pop top.  I had never seen one this late before, did they do
> some while they were switching from the front hinged to rear
> hinged roof? are they uncommon or I am just ignorant to them?
> Also did such conversions still receive the reinforcing belly
> pans, etc. as there hardly seems any need for them without that
> big hole in the roof, if they did it would be easy enough to add
> a pop top if desired I guess.
> 
I had a '75 non-pop top westy, that I removed the interior from. It was
the old style interior. Yellow vinyl, in a orange and white bus.
Richard

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