[Healeys] BJ8 hardtop installation

[Steve Thomton]

PG said "If you get a hardtop from Nical or Cape, make sure it is
assembled..........it's a brutal job." 
 
Oh so true.  I'm planning a project paper for my website sometime after the
Galena Conclave.  I assembled my BJ7/BJ8 Nical Eng. hardtop about a month
ago.  While I can't make the job easier for you, I might be able to help you
attack some of the challenges.  If you already have assembled yours I'd be
interested in anything you may have learned. 
 
Whether they are original or Nical, I'm also interested in how BJ7/BJ8
hardtops fit.  All the hardtops I've seen, including the orginals, have some
fit issues around the side windows.  Please send them off-list.
 
Cheers,
Steve
htttp://stevesaustinhealey

--- On Thu, 6/24/10, PG <britishcars at shaw.ca> wrote:


From: PG <britishcars at shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 hardtop installation
To: "'Curt/Nancy Arndt'" <cnaarndt at gmail.com>, "'Robert D. Hughes'"
<dhugh at tscnet.com>
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:23 AM


If you get a hardtop from Nical or Cape, make sure it is
assembled..........it's a brutal job.

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Curt/Nancy Arndt
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:51 AM
To: Robert D. Hughes
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 hardtop installation

Robert,

Why not check out Nical Engineering.  Very nice replicas of the original
hardtops.

http://www.nicalengineering.co.uk/

Cheers,

Curt

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Robert D. Hughes <dhugh at tscnet.com> wrote:

> In the August 2010 issue of "Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car" there is an
> article about the
> convertible top removal and hardtop installation on a BJ8. 10 photos and a
> short article.
> In the article, Smooth Line (www.smoothline.com) is mentioned as
> manufacturing
> reproduction hardtops.  Anybody have one of these hardtops? Quality?
>
> Robert Hughes
> 65 BJ8
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