[Healeys] Fw: FW: Big Healey Hardtop Shell

Linwood H Rose linwoodrose at mac.com
Wed May 7 07:19:06 MDT 2008


Michael,
Is Steve producing just the fiberglass shell or is he also fabricating  
the aluminum trim? Now that would be a big job!


Lin
1960 BT7 "The Bloody Beast"
1959 Bugeye


On May 7, 2008, at 8:08 AM, Michael Salter wrote:

> I took some photos of the reproduction factory hard tops that Steve  
> Pike is
> producing when I was down there in March. I thought they were very
> impressive and well worth consideration.
> I have posted them on my blog. http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/
>
> Michael Salter
> 100 (1953)
> AHX12 (1953)
> Bugeye (1961)
> http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/
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> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fw: FW: Big Healey Hardtop Shell
>
> I think the base question was where one could find a shell that   
> matched
> original specs and appearance and for that you would need...an   
> original.
>
> All of the aftermarket tops I have seen vary substantially in   
> appearance
> from the so-called factory tops and none graced the car quite as   
> well.  The
>
> NICAL top for the BN1-2 is a nice item but of course  there never  
> was a
> "factory"
> top to which it can be compared, and the tops  that were available  
> for them
> back in the day was so weird in appearance as to  make anything look  
> good
> (sorry
> Charley!).  Fitting Nick's  top was far from easy and required a lot  
> of
> pulling and  tugging--in many respects as I'm sure Dave Russell can  
> testify.
>
>
> I believe that both Denis Welch and The Cape, both in the UK, are good
> sources for reconditioned factory tops, but shipping and exchange   
> rates
> will
> probably make them quite expensive.  However factory tops  in need of
> various
> levels of restoration are often available whether  in the club mag
> classifieds or
> on ebay, etc.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>
> In a message dated 5/6/2008 10:59:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rusd at sitestar.net writes:
>
> Michael  Oritt has a NICAL top on his BN1, & I believe an original  
> on his
> wifes  later model Healey
>
>
>
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