As I mentioned privately in a reply, I happen to have a Universal
Laminations top for a BN1/BN2. It is in pretty poor shape, but it's "all
there", I think. It would serve well, after some repair, to pull a mold from
in order to make reproductions.
However, this would be a far more difficult task than reproducing the Bugeye
hardtop. The Bugeye top does not have a headliner, or any complicated
aluminum pieces, etc.
http://www.bighealey.ltd.uk/ makes a hardtop replica. It is not the
Universal Laminations style. At current US dollar rates, it converts to
about $2800, and the costs to ship to the US would be quite steep...
significantly more than their Bugeye top replicas.
It is something I'm willing to investigate this, but, you'll have to expect
this would be a expensive top. And, knowing certain elements of the Healey
community to be particularly cheap bastards, I suspect the market might be
pretty small. We'll see.
WST
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Robert Westcott
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:07 AM
To: mike brooks
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re - Bugeye hardtops
Put me down for a BN1, they should be the same.
Rob Westcott
'55 BN1
mike brooks wrote:
>Not interested in a Sprite hardtop, but what about for a BN2? A replica of
the Universal Laminations hardtop maybe???
>
>Mike
>'56 BN2
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