Curt says:
...One was very "bulbous" looking....kinda like a football helmet.
Hey! I resemble that remark! ( I have the rounded "bulbous" hardtop that
Curt is referring to. I mean the actual one.) I have seen a picture of a
MK1 Midget with a squared-off lower profile top, and the caption noted that
the rounded one was for Sprites. So the top I have may or may not be
factory. I guess both types could be.
The type you have looks like what I always thought was factory for roll-up
window cars. I thought the textured "vinyl top" looking-ones were
aftermarket. (I have seen Curt's hardtop) I've never seen the bulbous
type for a later car.
I will say that the rounded ones, while odd-looking, have way better
helmet clearance for autocross.
Does this mean that nothing "generic" at Metro Molded Parts would fit, or
are you going for original?
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis Carlson [SMTP:carlson@navtech.com]
Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 10:27 AM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: weatherstripping (two questions)
Fellow listers:
I know we've been through this before, and I checked the archives before I
sent out this email, but didn't find the answer to my question:
Does anyone know where to find the weatherstripping for sealing a hardtop
to
the car? I'm not interested in finding the rubber which seals the windows
into the hardtop (they're easy to come by), and I already bought the seals
for the roll-up windows (with the windlace). I'm interested in the seal
along the windshield top, and the seal along the back of the hardtop where
it contacts the rear of the cockpit. The front one, is nearly identical to
the seal on the headerrail of the ragtop, but the rear seal is smaller
diameter and much longer of course. Both seals are fixed to the hardtop
via
a small aluminum channel which is pop-riveted to the top.
Also, I know there were two different kinds of hardtops with different
profiles. However, I don't know which was which or where they came from.
Was one a "factory" hardtop? One was very "bulbous" looking....kinda like
a
football helmet. One was more angular, with a lower profile. In the
lower,
more angular model, I know they came with textured tops and with smooth
tops....mine is the lower, more angular model, with a smooth finish. Does
anyone know who made these? I have dismantled it in entirety, removing all
seals, raingutters, and windows but have found no identifying marks. In
the
center of the hardtop, below the rear window, there is a slightly receeded
horizontal oval with two holes at either end which looks like it would be
the likely place for a serial number plate, but alas, none is there.....any
ideas?
Thanks in Advance....
Curt
Curtis Carlson
'66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty") HAN8L-63423
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mikkel Pedersbek <mikkel@isa.dknet.dk>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 9:49 AM
Subject: Lightbulbs and listmanners (No LBC content)
> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
light
> bulb?
>
> A: 1,331:
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light
bulb
> has been changed
>
> 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light
bulb
> could have been changed differently.
>
> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
>
> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs.
>
> 53 to flame the spell checkers
>
> 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
> discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
>
> 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
>
> 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
this
> email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
>
> 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
> alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
>
> 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light
bulbs
> and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.
>
> 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to
buy
> the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this
technique,
> and what brands are faulty.
>
> 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
>
> 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs.
>
> 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
list
> which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
>
> 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
headers
> and footers, and then add "Me Too."
>
> 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle
> the light bulb controversey.
>
> 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
>
> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
>
> 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
>
> 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave
it
> here.
>
> 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
> -----
> I love off-topic mails.
>
> Regards
> Mikkel
> Mikkel Pedersbek email: mikkel@isa.dknet.dk
> Dreaming of my own Midget MKIII.
>
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