My first post here. A little about me, Im an automotive design engineer for Bentley, been in to VW for year mainly Aircooled stuff, until my last trip around france 2500miles in a 1600Sp bay Westy got fed up with having to thrash the motor up hills, so sold the van when we got back, and decided that it was time to move over to a syncro, after about 5 years of thinking about getting one.
Just starting to gather info for a roof change on my factory high top to westy pop top.
There are a few thing I would like to try and find out before I start, and I'm hoping that the good people here may be adle to help me with advice/experience, so I dont make a huge "cock" up thats hard to fix.
1: Is there any thing I can use to dissolve the glue that holds the roof on without stripping the paint off all over the place, because Im bound to get it all over the place, or will I have to cut it off (not my preferred option would like to keep the high roof, make a boat or some thing
).2: Is the front frame head over the window unique on a factory high roof?
3: Are there any differences in wheel base between a panel van and a camper, i.e. will I end up with a roof that either too long or short?
4: will there be any issues over the tail gate that I should be aware of.
Thanks all
