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Re: convertible top choices

To: "d t gebhard" <kimkell@decaturnet.com>,
Subject: Re: convertible top choices
From: "Blake J. Discher" <bdischer@blakedischer.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:30:54 -0500
At 09:15 AM 2/24/2005, d t gebhard wrote:
>     I need a new top on the Spit. VB has them on sale for $179.95. Looks 
> to be
>a standard quality one. British Parts Northwest has a "Robbins" for 200.07.
>Which would you guys pick? Is Robbins worth a mere $21.00 bucks more? I need
>to decide soon because VB's sale ends Monday 2-28.

I don't know which top VB is selling, but from my experience (not on 
Spitfire, but on TR6 and TR7):

Robbins:  horrible, poor fit on TR6, sent it back.  Bought AA Best next.
AA Best:  absolutely the best fit, on both TR6 and 
TR7.  <http://www.aabestco.com/about.ihtml>

NFI, blah, blah, blah.

Cheers,
Blake Discher
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