This reminds me of a hardtop I saw at Shasta last year. I can't remember
the owner's name, but it was a red low-windshield roadster with T-Tops
(with "I taught I taw a puddy tat" and Tweety across the glass). Yes,
T-Tops. See
http://www.2xtreme.net/fredkatz/images\s98ttop.jpg
She cut the top roof panel off, and cut that in half to make 2 T-Top sections.
Only after she cut the roof panel, did she discover that there are two surfaces
separated by air-space. She had to make a custom insulator to go over all the
cut edges. She made this from a flexible accordian-style rubber hose. That's why
these after-market tops are so rigid (and heavy), because of the
double-surfaces.
Fred - So.SF
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>Subject: Re: Factory Fiberglass Hardtop
>Author: DemonTSi@aol.com
>Date: 5/11/99 3:22 PM
>
>In a message dated 5/11/99 10:14:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com writes:
>
><< This hardtop looks really nice! Is this the same as (or the same shape
> as) the lightweight hardtop Van mentioned in his post? The only time I
> am /really/ jealous of Miata drivers is when I see one with that nice
> factory hardtop on. A good-looking hardtop like this would be the ideal
> setup - put it on for cold/wet weather driving in the winter, take it
> off and hang it from the garage ceiling for spring/summer/fall (in
> California, at least) driving. No hassles with a soft top, and increased
> storage space behind the seats. >>
>
>Oh yeah that's right! Robb's got the high-windshield version of the super
>smooth hard top (the car's looking damn nice BTW!). I don't know if it's the
>EXACT same style as les' tho. Les has what I believe is the original factory
>lightweight racing hard top, that I think was only available in japan. It's
>made of only a few layers of fiberglass, and it will flex when you push on
>it. It's super smooth tho, and has a really pronounced lip spoiler at the
>end. It also sits on the metal rail instead of the body like most other
>aftermarket US hard tops. Hmmm...someone needs to make molds off of les' top
>for the low-windshields, and robb's for the high-windshields!
>
>Van
>
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