That's why I prefer driving my roadster, and not my Z! With the T-Tops off
my Z, I still feel closed in and have limited side and rear vision. I drive
my Z for the power and comfort. But the top-down roadster provides the
smiles at any speed, besides being able to see and enjoy everything all
around you.
Fred - So.SF
:-c bummer, fog and cold today!
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>Subject: Re: Factory Fiberglass Hardtop
>Author: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
>Date: 5/12/99 7:39 AM
>
>Gee, that seems a lot of trouble to go to just to make a Roadster into a
>Trans-Am wannabe...
>
>IMHO, t-tops (like sunroofs) are only good for getting a sunburn on the
>top of your head. Top up, or top down - anything else is just half
>measures.
>
>Gary McCormick
>San Jose, CA
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>
>Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> BADROC
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