High Top Question.

[Titus A Duxass]

Question :
Has anyone seen or had a bus with a high top where the bus roof had been removed (including the support struts)?

[Titus A Duxass]

Thinking about it, the post buses must be set up in that sort of way?

[Aidan]

Paul the factory hitop and westy hitops have no cross members at gutter height there's a pair of up and over pressed steel reinforcements in the factory one and a frame in the westy one - see Mike Ghia's roof thread on Samba for details
I'm wondering how much of my roof to remove for the hi top, I want the bed height space of internal framed bed space rather than mosaic/uk convertor type of upper bed ontop of tin top roof
maybe I'll put in a cross memeber temporary or otherwise before cutting anymore out, at the moment there is just a 1.2m square cut out
Si TMT has a westy pop top roof cut with the gutters I want to look at to see how they did it internally

[nicq]

When I cut my roof for the turret top I fitted I thought the same. I made a 2 cross members out of 12mm ply that sit between the roof and the headlining. I bonded them to the roof.

[Titus A Duxass]

Paul the factory hitop and westy hitops have no cross members at gutter height there's a pair of up and over pressed steel reinforcements in the factory one and a frame in the westy one - see Mike Ghia's roof thread on Samba for details
I'm wondering how much of my roof to remove for the hi top, I want the bed height space of internal framed bed space rather than mosaic/uk convertor type of upper bed ontop of tin top roof
maybe I'll put in a cross memeber temporary or otherwise before cutting anymore out, at the moment there is just a 1.2m square cut out
Si TMT has a westy pop top roof cut with the gutters I want to look at to see how they did it internally

Thanks Aidan, that makes me a lot happier.
I have the high top and the prepared body, I'll take some photos when I can.