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MikeyM73
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:22 pm    Post subject: 1973 Westy rearmost pop-top latch question Reply with quote

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 Sad,

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.
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'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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