Blue Eyes wrote:

> So an empty Westy Vanagon weights 4900 pounds, or about 2225 kg.  Then families
> pack it with gear, lash the boat on the roof, and all get in.

I would bet that you have mixed the numbers, my 1988 owners manual shows that the
westy poptop weighs 1640 kg empty, plus 700 kg of passengers and luggage, for a
total of 2340 kg. The Syncro westy poptop weighs 1785 kg, plus 715 kg worth of
luggage and family, total 2500 kg. The lightest 1988 model overall was the
gas-powered panel van, 1395 kg, while the heaviest was the Syncro westy highroof at
1845 kg. The 1998 SA Microbus 2,6 weighs 1660 kg. Btw, westy poptops can only carry
50 kg on the roof, a too heavy boat definitely moves the point of gravity.

PerL
88 Syncro