Hey!!!!!!!!
Someone else with my car!!!!! I don't feel so different now. I also have a
69 2000 RHD Japanese car. I have the same top set up as you do.
I also have the rollbar. I'm going to leave it in. Little protection is
better than no protection, IMHO. I am going to have a cross brace welded in
for the top straps of a 4-point harness.
Jim Moore
69 RHD 2000
Germantown MD
Susan and Mark Miller wrote:
> Hi. I have some input on this. My 69 2000 Fairlady is a Japanese
> domestic model. Right hand drive, solexes, factory hardtop, and
> Fairlady badging.. The top is pretty light, sits on the edge of the
> rear deck, is held in at the front with the standard 3 clamps and at the
> back it bolts into two holes just behind the doors (you might have plugs
> in these holes in 'normal' cars) and there is a clamp in the dead center
> of the car just below the rear body edge (makes more sense if you look
> for it) that another clamp hooks to. Interior finish is one of those
> blobby multi-color paint mixes that you often see in US domestic car
> trunks. I spoke with someone on the list a couple of years ago who had
> the threaded anchors for the rear clamp on his car but no clamp. I gave
> him dimensions and he fabbed one up.
>
> regarding rollbars: the car came with a factory rollbar which I removed
> for safety reasons. It appeared to be made of 1" thin wall conduit and
> was good only for telling your mom that you had a rollbar. I believe
> that a pretzel stick would have given better rollover protection.
>
> I gave the rollbar to Mike Kerr who was planning to measure it up for
> some aftermarket clones, but in better materials. Note that this was
> two or three addresses ago for Mike (back in fremont). Anything ever
> come from that? And that the car ran its best right after he adjusted
> the carbs for me. And Mike - I'm much more careful about walking on
> people's carpets after getting out of their pools. Sorry again.
>
> The top (IMHO) looks and feels much better than any of the aftermarket
> ones I have seen. and no, its not for sale.
>
> Mark Miller
> 69 Fairlady 2000
> Alameda, CA
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