Westfalia s042 popup top installation

[chamilka]

Hi all
I got a 67 Westfalia s042 popup top camper. I need to install the Popup Top and wondering anybody has instructions or picture guide. I do have two VW manuals but they do not have what I am looking for. I have all the hardware, metal frames etc.
I need to buy the plastic/rubber gaskets that go around the cutout - Do you know where I can buy them or what they are called?
If anybody lives in or close to San Diego who has a S042 I would like to compare so I understand what I my bus might be missing.
Thanks
Cha

[zozo]

Look at this thread. Towards the end there's some info that may help.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=301897&start=0

(Edited to fix autocorrect nonsense.)

[chamilka]

Thank you Zozo, really appropriate it.

[chamilka]

I need to buy the plastic/rubber gaskets that go around the cutout - Do you know where I can buy them or what they are called?

[LAGrunthaner]

Thanks zozo but the best thread for the poptop is below IMO. BTW I not only installed the tent upside down but it didn't fit all the way around no matter how hard I stretched it. I eventually will replace it with the one Helmut Szydlik ([email protected]) makes as it is the closest match with the white screens as seen below. I would also encourage those wanting the white screen tent to order ASAP as you never know when Helmut will stop making them and it does take a while to get. Ordering mine this week installing? only time can tell LOL.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=670226&highlight=poptop+tent+screen

I went crazy looking for that original trim and paid a hefty penny for it as you can see it in the foreground but now I see it super cheap $35. from WW.

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=231068001

Don't install with the flaps rolling up, they need to roll down:

This is the correct way to have the flaps:

Complete list of poptop info enjoy.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/search.php?searc..._chars=200

[66uno]

Just installed mine. Took two full days, but it’s Maryland and it’s a brutal summer, hot and very humid. And I now have a bad heart, so my body does not rid itself of heat, so I had to go for as long as I could stand it and then go in and cool down before resuming again.

[66uno]

Just installed mine. Took two full days, but it’s Maryland and it’s a brutal summer, hot and very humid. And I now have a bad heart, so my body does not rid itself of heat, so I had to go for as long as I could stand it and then go in and cool down before resuming again.

[nlorntson]