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From: Bill McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net>
> Got this e-mail from a good friend of mine in Seattle, who knows Triumph
> Heralds, has restored one, but now spends his time restoring Lancias.
> Please note that this is a REMOVEABLE hardtop model. I have no
> financial interest, but Val has expertise, and is an honest man!
Hi Bill,
There is/was no such thing as a removeable hardtop Herald, though there are
aftermarket fibreglass hardtops available which make Convertibles more
weatherproof for the winter. The car featured in the auction is an ordinary
Herald Saloon, or Sedan I guess in the US - very common here in the UK but
probably less common than the Convertible in the US. Many people remove the
roof panels from the Saloons and Coupes and use them as open top cars, but the
fact that the roof is attached by a handful of bolts is a function of thir
construction, rather than a feature which makes them true Convertibles.
Insurance companies in the UK take a dim view of people who use a Saloon
without the roof as in their terms it is a structural modification,
Cheers,
Bill.
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