Mark,
Come run a rally with us in the snow then tell us how pure you want to be. I
get your point but there are times when a hard top is really practical.
Cheers
T
---- Mark LaPierre <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I have made good use of every hard top that I have ever owned. Sold all of
> them and put
> the money into something really useful for the car or kids future. They
> are a PITA to store and the usage doesn't equal the expense at all . May
> pay off when you sell but it has to be to a real purist
> cause the casual observer/ driver, wants a top down car not a hard top car.
>
> Just my 2cents on experiences with hard tops.
>
> FWIW, for more room, remove hard top.
>
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Feldman" <qualitas.jack@gmail.com>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 2:42 PM
> Subject: [Healeys] Factory Hard Top!
>
>
> > Just got my hard top back from being restored. The purists can vent now
> > since I had it painted black to go with my Colorado Red over Black paint
> > job. Knowing this is to last forever, I had the headlining done in a black
> > textured vinyl.
> >
> > The problem I have is in getting in and out. When I had my bugeye I had no
> > trouble getting in and out when the hard top was on. But that was 45 years
> > and 30 lbs ago. But I was also two inches taller than.
> >
> > While I have figured out how to do it, when I do get in, my 5'7" is about
> > 2
> > inches from the headliner.
> >
> > What do six footers do to get in and out, and how do they fit in?
> >
> > Someone told my that Donald Healey was 5'6" and than might explain why he
> > had a special coupe made for him rather than a hard top.
> >
> > I have an idea of how to store it, but I wonder how other folks who have
> > hard tops store theirs.
> >
> > Jack
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