78 factory sliding sunroof to westy conversion?

[flat4freak1978]

i dont know if there have been 80 million posts about this topic but i would love to install a westy top on my 78 sunroof bus. is the opening the same size an can someone give me an over view of the procedure and level of difficulty? thanks so much in advance.

justin
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1978 bus. 2.0 f.i. manual trans. "the great gonzo"

[bljones]

do a search on 'sunroof' and "westy top install' i know this was covered a couple of times in the last four or five months.
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[flat4freak1978]

ok thanks. i appreciate it. take it easy.

justin
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1978 bus. 2.0 f.i. manual trans. "the great gonzo"

[Type2meister]

Save the sunroof, just get a Westfalia with all the goodies!

[NeverHadaBeetle]

Earlier Westfalias from 1968-73 were nothing more than sunroof busses with a fiberglass pop top. This type of conversion would be simple if you want to install the earlier style pop top from 1968-73. However, if you plan to install the later top from 1974-79 with the bed then starting with a sunroof bus is meaningless. The later tops are not just a simple fiberglass top attached to a sunroof bus. The later tops sit on a bus that was built at the factory specifically for the conversion. The entire top is open from behind the front seats to about 12 inches from the back of the bus. This conversion takes a lot of work to do it correctly, but it doesn't matter what type of bus you start with. Good luck.
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[Chris181Westy]

I think a sunroof with a Westy interior would be cool, but I would kept the sunroof a sunroof. So you could look at the stars when laying in bed. Just shut the sunroof if the bugs are biteing.