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Subject:Adding a pop-top to a Vanagon?!
From:ROGunter
Date:Sun, 3 May 1998 10:16:00 EDT

Dear Fellow Listees,

    I have the opportunity to buy a camper top for a Vanagon.  Question is can
I just cut the top out of my Vanagon GL weekender and bolt down the camper
top?

     I know I will have to lose the A/C ducts that run down the center of the
overhead - Will I have to give up airconditioning altogether?  Can I get (or
make) A/C ducts that fit around the camper top?

     What else must I do to modify the Van to accept the top?  Heavy duty
shocks? Anit-sway bars?  If I have to modify the vehicle too much it may not
be worth it to add the pop top.  Has anyone ever done this - I mean just taken
a can opener and ripped a hole in the top and set the fiberglas unit down on
it?  I know this is a bigger job than I am thinking but I would like to know
how much bigger.  Thanks for the advice.

Russell Gunter
'84 GL
'85 GL
'93 EV

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