Vista Cruiser roof

by K-Noods68 Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:53 pm

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Vista Cruiser roof

Post by K-Noods68 Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:53 pm

Anyone have any leads on a Vista Cruiser roof section?

Also, does anyone know if you could use the second gen VC roof section? Maybe weld in a strip of metal on each side to give you something to connect to the roof of the van?

by **dix** Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:47 am

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Re: Vista Cruiser roof

Post by dix Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:47 am

your on the right trac, 1st gen is the best, 2nd gen is a lot more work.
adding the extra metal , the biggest problem is always been good glass,
and chrome trim . .

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by bensbus Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:45 am

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It's been done on a Corvair van!!

Post by bensbus Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:45 am

Larry Claypool, midwest Corvair mechanic extraordinaire, added a Vista Cruiser roof to a Corvair Greenbrier many years ago and still uses his "Vista Cruiser Greenbrier" as often as possible for long trips and short.

The red/white van originally had a leaky TEC travel top, so Larry took that off, welded on the VC roof, and added an early Corvair camper kit.

Here are some images taken at a Corvair convention several years ago (my green/white Greenbrier with a non-leaky TEC top can be seen beside Larry's in the one picture):