I have gotten the westy in my garage which is only 7' doors. I had to pull the door all the way up to clear the low hanging connector piece on the opener, but it fit. And that was with the westy top. It should fit easily inside the door.

I still need to get the ball joints from you! Don't use them on your new bus...

Here you go, from the 1970 owner's manual (taken from the samba):



Stock unladen height is 77 inches.