Dave,
I have had three hardtops. I is the squared/off later version, with
the added larger buttons and rubber seal, as described before. The
other is now my Daughters S-2 Alpine that is all aluminum, wrap-around
rear window, crash box. Jay's S-5 has the squared-off version.
There was an aftermarket version what was fiberglass, pebble grain
surface, and, if I recall correctly, the wrap around rear window.
http://tigersunited.com/articles/sl-mc/stevelaifman6.asp
and:
http://tigersunited.com/articles/sl-mc/stevelaifman7.asp
Have your sound on - great music. (oh yes, the full article begins on:
http://tigersunited.com/articles/sl-mc/SteveLaifman.asp
Steve
/Steve Laifman/
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On 1/2/11 4:36 PM, Dave Munroe wrote:
> It appears these hard tops are as difficult to restore to original as
> the Tigers themselves!
>
> I have a question about hard tops that hasn't yet come up. While
> looking over the many beautiful Tigers at the TEAE Meet in Maine last
> Oct., there were several were fitted with hard tops. Some were
> obviously the rounded early tops, while there were many more of the
> later type. But there were at least a couple that looked like the
> later version, but which were not a good fit with the door roll-up
> windows, which overlapped the quarter lite frames.
>
> What was the origin of these otherwise nice looking tops?
>
> Very strange....
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Hardtops
>
>
>> Another hardtop question....
>>
>> Did any hardtops come from the factory vinyl covered?
>>
>> I have assumed "no" in the past; and that my hardtop's vinyl covering
>> was put
>> on by the PO.
>>
>> HOWEVER...Taylor's book TIGER the making of a sports car...page
>> 182...discusses seven MKII Tigers bought by the dealer
>> Alan Hartwell.
>>
>> "The sixth car (which had a vinyl covered hardtop) Hartwell kept for his
>> personal use..."
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Perhaps I should restore not remove the vinyl on my hardtop?
>>
>> Allan Ballard
>> MK1-a Tiger
>> SIV Alpine
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