One of the things I have heard is the side windows on the "works" hardtops
have a bright aluminum trim. The top/back side is not round, it almost has
a spoiler look to it.
If you have Clausager's book, check on page 111.
PS You didn't buy it for $50, you stole it for $50. : - )
Larry Hoy, Denver, CO USA
1970 Daily Driver ~ 1967 Vintage Racer ~ 1969 Undergoing V8 conversion
http://home.cwix.com/~larryhoy@cwix.com/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Larry Dickstein
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 7:46 AM
> To: MG List
> Subject: OEM hardtop?
>
>
> Last year, sometime/somewhere, I acquired a hard top for an MG B.
> It was purported to be a "works" or original equipment top and does look
> like one. It is 2-piece fiberglass construction w/ what appears to be
> an inner textured surface and an outer "shell". It is not an obvious
> aftermarket top w/ rounded corners and stuff. It came w/ a new back
> glass and new side lites as yet to be installed. It is tired enough
> that I don't think it is a newer reproduction factory-type hardtop.
> My questions are these:
> a. how does one tell if it is, in fact, an original equipment
> top?
> b. where does one get the rubber bits i.e., weatherstripping,
> etc?
> c. same question for the hardware?
>
> None of this really matters a lot as I only gave $50 for the thing
> but I'd like to know if it is an original example. It would certainly
> add a few "gee-whiz" points to the old V8 project.
>
> Thanks
>
> Larry Dickstein
> Lone Jack, MO
>
>
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