MikeyM73 Samba Member
Joined: December 06, 2016 Posts: 506 Location: Napa Valley, CA
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:22 pm Post subject: 1973 Westy rearmost pop-top latch question |
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Hi all, Greetings from NorCal.
As some of you may be aware, although our '73 Westy is a factory original "pop-top Campmobile", it did didn't come to us that way in that the pop-top and luggage rack were removed, all bolts/screws/attachment stuffs were literally shaved clean, sanded and painted in (I guess) an attempt at a ragtop /sunroof kinda thing.
Fast forward to today and we have the LR and pop top attached and working. I was able to get the front 2 rubber latches good to go but I don't know how in the heck the single, rear, rubber latch attaches with the little hook thing to my (non-sunroof model) roof. I would like to put 2 on there just because I would feel better but does anyone have a pic of how the '73 specific rear latches look? I did search and found posts of '73 specific latches but, unfortunately, those pics did not display ,
Could anyone post pics of those rear rubber catches? It would really help. I'm searching for a 7" rubber toggle where I can drill the round stop and install my own homemade catch but I'd like to get an idea of maybe where to start.
Thanks for reading,
Mikey. _________________ '73 Pop-top Westy, found sitting in a field for 10+ years, cleaned up, rebuilt furniture, reloved. Original 1.7 block/fully polished crank, 93mm 1.8L balanced AA pistons & cylinders, new 1.8L balanced rods, HAM 42/36 heads, Scat C25 cam & lubalobe lifters, Dual HPMX40s, R2C filters w/ Outerwears pre-filters, functioning thermostat & flaps, Pertronix Flamethrower III, 4-1 exhaust w/ Cherry Bomb 2" turbo muffler & OEM heater boxes, averages about 19-22ish on the highway. |
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