Little British Car Company sells Bugeye (in fact all Spridget models) vinyl tops
made in England to order from ICI Vinyl, as original, with or without a zippered
back window for less than 200 bucks. Bought a non-zippered one for my Bugeye
and
it fits and looks great.
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
Roy wrote:
> Cloth tops
> My thanks to all those who have contributed to the
> list their experienced with the fabric top. I was
> seriously contemplating a fabric top and tonneau
> cover because I like the texture but in view of the info
> obtained from listerst Ive decided to keep my old top.
>
> I still have my original vinyl top and tonneau cover since
> my Bugeyes resurrection from the grave 21 years ago.
> Its tan color and pin dot fabric like appearance having
> been exposed to some of the hottest weather, rains and
> Florida's worse windy storms seems as good as new and the
> window has only a barely noticeable tint.
>
> Although I try to keep the top down as much as possible,
> when traveling on extended rides in the sun the top
> stays up. Ive had enough experience with the sun to know
> that medical people are not kidding when warning about
> skin cancer. I drove a BJ8 for 13 years as my primary
> transportation mostly with the top down and as result have
> had three cancers removed from my face to show for it.
>
> Ive been thinking of having a Bugeye top made that has a
> zip-out window. It seems logical to me that it should work.
> I know where there is a 100-4 with a zip-out window so
> why not a Bugeye? Does anyone know of this having been
> done before?
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