Let's see your HiTop or High Top Baywindow!

[Manfred58sc]

Hungry??

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Fat chick owner/operator

[Nintendo Bus]

Here’s my 76 Westy High Top. The interior was stripped when I bought it but I currently have some 71 compmobile interior insides I’ve acctually taken off the high top to repair all the rust that was cause by the mounting rivers they installed. When it’s going back on I’m not using any rivets and it will be bolted aswell as held in place with convertible roof clips. Wish me luck.

[vwwestyman]

What's going on with the back of that top?

Looks like maybe you're fiberglassing in a rear roofrack section to enclose it?
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Dave Cook

President, Wild Westerner Club

1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
My Thing

[tristessa]

[the dominator]

Found a factory installed highroof project last October in my neighbourhood.

After removing the highroof, the area's which needed most attention showed. Guess Volkswagen did not intend that these cars would survive more then 40 years when designing the gutters with folding strip for highroof.

Rebuild the gutters. Highroof is going to be removable so the original mounting is removed and will stay out.

Backside done.

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52 Zwitter standard ragtop, parts hunting
67 T2A candywaxred en chestnutbrown
1988 T3 doka synco 2.1WBX

[KMT]

[Manfreds78bay]

[MorkC68]

We have a selection of HiTops / High Tops here in England

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Major; 1977 Westfalia Campmobile
- Subaru EJ20
- Koni Classic adjustable dampers & Empi Heavy Duty Anti Roll Bar
- 180W Solar System
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[notchden]

71 Adventure Wagon Hightop. Getting ready to redo all the interior and get out camping soon

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Help in the fight with rust cancer, restore em dont wreck em

[inhabor]

[dumptuck]

Does anyone know the make of this hightop? I really like the look of it. I believe this is a French bus.

edit: another photo of a different bus with the same top

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Erik

[jacobcallaghan]

Here is my 1970 Sundial Daisy May!

[Ritchie555]

First time VW Bus owner. Not sure what this one is yet (1978). No rear side windows, no side windows on the HighTop.

What have I gotten myself into?

-Ritchie.

[KentABQ]

[cmonSTART]

Welcome Ritchie, congrats on the Bus!

Post some good photos of the inside, underneath, and engine area when you can.

Happy Birthday Suzanne!
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'78 Bus 2.0FI
de K1IGS

[Ritchie555]

Interior is completely gone by previous owner. Mice and water damage. Underneath is solid. Engine was replaced sometime in its life with a Subaru EA82 Carb.

Rad was rear mounted and the "conversion expert" welded a cross beam to support the rad to the rear bumper brackets. Cant access the second bolt to remove the bumper. Also same expert moved the engine support beam back to support the Subaru engine. They used one original bolt hole and WELDED the member to the chassis. Cant drop the engine either.

I see a grinder in the near future. I'll start a build thread.

-Ritchie.

[dumptuck]

That is a “Getaway” conversion, or at least the roof is. I think they were assembled somewhere here in BC. I’ve seen a few of them around, a user on the forums here named “rusty busty” has a champagne-edition version with different windows.

Nice bus, good luck!
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Erik

[RustyHighRoof]

Here's my junk, I've had it a few years, and many nights of camping.

[Dead 1]

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"The American Dream - true enough because you gotta be asleep to believe it"
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71, 1776 cc.

[EricOB]

Here’s our ‘72 Adventurewagen.