Powered westy pop-top lift on ebay

[Honuak]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-Volkswagen-Vanagon-We...5731.m3795
Not affiliated with this product. Wondering if anyone has tried/seen this setup.
Spendy but kinda cool.

[JDub113]

Looks like that is just a dealer, buying direct would probably be cheaper but I didn't see them listed currently on autoloc website. Looks convenient if you might not have the ability to lift anymore.
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84 Wolfsburg Edition Westy

[physast]

I don't trust it. I found the same image on the web of that same car *without* the powered units installed. The image is from a forsale ad for the car. The ebay image is low quality so they could have altered the image. So this might be a scam.

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1967 L633 VW beetle (currently being restored...slowly)
1991 Orly Blue Vanaru 2.5L

[JDub113]

I don't think it was built for a westy either, but a dealer had an idea to make a wild price markup by labeling it that way.
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84 Wolfsburg Edition Westy

[0to60in6min]

hmmm... photoshop

[physast]

[jackbombay]

Will this work with a 10 gallon solar shower, a mega rack warrior, a rocket box, a canoe, some solar panels, and a 1/4 cord of firewood on the roof?





Pretty spendy, looks like they have some mounts that work with the EVC though, hmmm, maybe that last pic isn't an EVC, I haven't spent much time in those.
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Gas struts to pop your top easily!
Pop Top strut kits now available for late Bay window Westies

Samba ad here.


DIY artificial rain gutters (ARGs)

[jackbombay]

A search for "Linear actuator" brings up a bunch of stuff, Looks like you could put a kit together from amazon for ~$113 a side, the "frequently bought together" comes to $113 for each side... Would take 30 seconds to pop the top.

https://www.amazon.com/Inch-Linear-Actuator-Volt-Pounds/dp/B007SJAHW2

I'm assuming that if you buy the kit from ebay you get some good instructions so install would be much faster than figuring it all out for yourself.
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Gas struts to pop your top easily!
Pop Top strut kits now available for late Bay window Westies

Samba ad here.


DIY artificial rain gutters (ARGs)

[Zeitgeist 13]

You can try to roll yer own...

http://www.banggood.com/500mm-Stroke-DC-12V-900N-L...mds=search
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[E1]

We're full-time with well over 200 lbs. on our roof... not counting the Missus.

We have a pair of Jack Bombays (Hi, Mark!) and a pair of the GW lifts, I'm not young, and can push it up with medium effort. Total lift capacity of the four was 250 lbs. when new.

With the Bombays alone, the roof would almost lift itself before putting the giant Yakima up there. Pretty automated already...

I could see a power lift if I were 70, or disabled, but if I needed that I probably wouldn't have a cargo box full of gear anyway.

I guess I'm saying this just strikes me as consistent with an ever-lazy society that wants an ever-growing arsenal of crap to avoid any hint of manual labor. "Sad" springs to mind.
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‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
— Colin Chapman