In my professional experience w/ structural engineering, I believe
that the Westy cross brace in the ceiling is more for the structural
support of the upper bunk than for cross bracing the roof-sunroof
models don't have that brace, right Craig?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-you can never have too much headroom, but where do you store
your stuff?

On Dec 28, 2010, at 7:40 AM, craig cowan wrote:

> Ahh. I guess they did pull out some structural stuff.
> In that case, it may be somewhat compromised. How much? It's hard to
> say.
>
> -Craig
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 7:30 PM, craig cowan
>> <phishman068@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> It's only missing the top bunks right? They're not structural....
>>> So, "YES"?
>>>
>>> It looks good!
>>> If you don't use your top bunks, that looks slick!
>>>
>>
>> BUT it is missing all the sheet metal part of the top in that area
>> and
>> maybe more important the  very beefy cross brace at the front of
>> the bunk
>> the VW/Westfalia put in.
>>