Bob,

> The end is near.... I've tried to find replacement parts for the smashed
> top on my 84 westy but none are available in the Wisconsin Minnesota
> region. Lots of parts are available on the coasts but not in the center.
> Can't get off work to go get em and the truckers want a $1,000 to ship.
> Guess I'm gonna part out a mechanically beautiful westy cause the pop top
> can't be fixed, or blow it up and have a party!

Waitaminit... you're just looking for the fiberglass top?  Chris Turner has
one.  Yeah, I know it's in PA, but drive out with a pickup or a cube truck
(rent one if you have to) or even catch a cheap flight out, rent a truck one-
way and haul it home in a weekend.  Heck, maybe Chris needs something to do and
will deliver it.  ;-)

Also, I can't imagine that there aren't any parts vans in the midwest at all.
I got a whole roof, cut off at the pillars to make my GL into a Westy for $200.

Some things are just more important than others.  :-)

-Karl

Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 Westfalia Weekender  "Beverley" - 186K miles
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