[6pack] Original Steel Hardtop for Sale

[Vito]

I finally pulled my hardtop down from the rafters of my garage and I am
selling it.

 

Here is the story. I was doing a concourse restoration on my TR6 and wanted
a hardtop for it. I wanted a rust free top that was in good shape. I knew I
was going to repaint it and put on all new hardware for the restoration so I
just wanted a good steel shell. I found and bought this top and started
looking for all new parts. I wanted new headliner, chrome parts, etc for the
restoration but found that even 17 years ago, these parts were not
available. I decided to buy a new top and the one I found was $3500 in a
crate. I was going to buy it if I was not able to find an almost new top
within 3 months. I hit the lottery and found a new take off top - a top that
the owner took and put away in a climate controlled area on top of his
garage. Basically he said the car was to be driven with the top down and as
soon as he got the new TR^ home from the dealer, he took the hardtop off and
stored it. I was able to buy it for $1200 17 years ago. It was yellow and my
car was burgundy so I was going to have to paint it, but the crated top
would also have to be painted, so I bought it. My TR6 was getting ready to
be painted and so I took off every trim piece on the top and took pictures
and put it away so I could paint the top and then reassemble it.

After many months and stories, I came to find out that the painter had
gotten into drugs and sold both my car and the top and disappeared. So with
no TR6 and the drive to start another restoration gone, I have that first
hardtop I bought and all of the new parts from the take-off top that I am
selling. The top has sat in my garage and the glue holding the liners has
let go but the headliner was never in really good shape, the fuzzy rubber
seals are totally shot. Basically the top is not in very good shape except
for the actual metal top. 

The bits I took off the other top are excellent. The fuzzy rubber looks like
brand new, window is clear, the headliner parts are all there. The original
glue is yellowed on the part that sticks to the metal, but new glue has to
be used anyway. You can make a concourse hardtop out of what is for sale. 

If anyone is interested, it is ready to go. If I don't sell it to someone on
the list, I'll list it on eBay next weekend. 

Thanks!

 

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