...... To have one that doesn't look like a giant slice of bread got stuck to the roof? The T5 pop roofs are low profile and follow the line of the roof quite closely..... How come nobody is doing a similar thing for the T2? Is it an issue of strength/rigidity? Space? Operation? Anyone care to discuss? I love my tintop but I have had a family since buying it so a poptop would make sense now, but (no offence to the poptop owners out there!) they're fugly at best and I don't think I could bring myself to turn a supermodel into a Susan Boyle Lol
We had a westy roof fitted (well a space roofs replica) and I don't think it's ugly. All down to taste I guess.
Just googled 'Dormobile T2' coz I've never seen one I don't think.... .... Saying a Dormobile roof is pretty is kinda like saying youre the smartest kid in the special needs class lol! My original question still stands then.... Is there a practical reason why a T2 poptop can't be moulded based on the stock roof skin, suitably strengthened and still hinge/pop up with canvas sides etc? That would give a best of both worlds result I think
The reason for a poptop is to arrange to have a flat bed on top of the roof like on a Westfalia.. In order to fit flat thing on curved roof it has to stick up above the roof. Or if the flat bit is inside the van then you end up like the Devon hammocks designed for skinnier 1970's people. And lose headroom unless you have massive bits of gas pipe folded up each side like Devon hammocks in driving stowed position. T5 s are wider so the bed inside the roof works. It so happens I happen to have grown to like the squarer design of my 1975 Devon. But then I bought the second bus I found on eBay with auction ending the same day I decided to start looking. I would have liked a tintop or a Westy or whatever...
No reason why you couldnt chop your tin top and have it hinged. Like a factory sunroof but hinged (like a hatch). A lot of work just to stand up though!
It would be neat if you could add another complete tin roof and hinge that up. If the OP wants to try and make a poptop from a tintop roof cut, I have 2 large chunks that were cut out to fit dormobiles.
Hahaha never happen Malc! The thing is, it's stupidly reliable so I'm happy to fix up everything around the engine..... Prefer a rotter that runs like clockwork than a beauty that spends half it's life on a big yellow taxi
But it doesn't follow that all Danbury roofs are leak free I'm not a fan of the look of Westy roofs BTW - leaky old Devon for the win, they're pretty low level.
Spooky, when the sun shines from the inside,it looks like Susan Boyle illuminates, and on the other side Simon Cowell...never mind at least it's not Jimmy Savillle.
