Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> The woman with the broken shoulder who is selling her Westy because she
> can't raise the top reminded me that the Eurovan Winnebago conversion
> uses gas struts to help raise the top.
>
> It looks to me at first glance that this concept could be applied to the
> Vanagon Wesfalia without removing the existing jackknife mechanism.
>
> Anybody investigated or done this?  We are all getting older you know!

Wouldn't it be possible to convert the pop-top to power-operation? Most of
the Convertibles around have power operated tops, and those lowriders
jumping around, with power-everything? That would be really cool, just
pushing a button, and the top goes up or down.. Hehe cool!

PerL
'88 Syncro
Arendal, Norway