Interating vanagin and Dutch couple Simon met during his recent Mexico trip. I don’t have many details, but I think it’s a Reimo top (and limited edition ) diesel, twin fuel tanks, syncro. I bet a few of you out there know this couple.
Multiple dope slaps for shooting this video in portrait mode, but still very much worth a look.
Oh and yes, that’s a Thule van door lock on the sliding door.
shooftie 
#1 by Simon on June 2, 2017 - 8:47 am
Their blog / handle is “The Slow Dutchman;
https://www.facebook.com/theslowdutchman/
https://www.instagram.com/theslowdutchman/
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCPT-dLkUrV9_cnmpqJPRbwQ
Really nice people with a really nice rig, they were getting it painted in Guanajuato (they were actually the inspiration that got me thinking on a Mexican paint job) and were then headed for South America.
#2 by albell on June 2, 2017 - 9:19 am
Thanks Simon
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#3 by edbee on June 2, 2017 - 2:06 pm
Thanks for posting the video, always interesting to see other people’s van improvements. 🙂
PS – aren’t they ever coming back to Canada?
#4 by albell on June 2, 2017 - 8:22 pm
Simon and Maria are back, as of tow day ago. We’re going over to see them tomorrow and I’ll have a look at hwo we are going to mount Simons new fiamma awning to the high top.
And look over the decoupler he bought….
Cheers
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#5 by Richard Smith on July 16, 2017 - 9:59 am
I think that’s a Weinsberg top.
#6 by albell on July 16, 2017 - 9:33 pm
You sure? I thought Reimo, check out their blog for confirm.
Cheers
Ab
#7 by Richard Smith on July 18, 2017 - 5:56 am
I’m no expert :^ but I thought it looked like a Weinsberg, so I googled and got a lot of similar-looking tops – semi-high poptops with those diagonal grooves near the back. Didn’t have much luck with the blog, but that may be partly down to my internet telephone…
#8 by albell on July 18, 2017 - 8:22 am
See what you think, pic of Reimo on this page of Samba thread.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5820486&highlight=reimo#5820486
Ab
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#9 by Richard Smith on July 19, 2017 - 4:17 am
That definitely looks like it, and it’s inarguably labelled Reimo.
#10 by Richard Smith on February 17, 2019 - 12:57 am
Hi,
I just saw this article on semi-high laptops, apparently known as “zwitterdach” in Germany, and was reminded of our discussion. Hope this is of interest.
Richard
https://www.t3-infos.de/t3-infos_f.html#zwitterdach