[Healeys] Windshield Adjustment & Hardtop

[Charlie Baldwin]

Mirek & Paul,
Wow, I'm amazed that things could be that different from one car/hardtop 
combination to another.  My 1960 BT7 with only 14,000 miles from new was 
purchased with a hardtop by the original owner.  The second owner who we 
bought the car from had never put the hardtop on the car, but since we 
took the car to fall Hershey to put in the car corral for sale, the 
easiest way to display the hardtop was on the car.  It went right on 
with no problem, fitting well all around front and back.
We did have some fitting issues when putting the side curtains on as did 
the original owner apparently from the scratches on the aluminum, but 
after loosening the fasteners on the curtains after they were in place 
on the car and a minor bit of fiddling, all fits quite well now with no 
interference anywhere.  Now the doors open and close just like a typical 
family sedan with absolutely nothing bashing into anything.
Someone with more knowledge about how things went at the dealer when the 
cars were new may dispute this, but the way I imagine it when a customer 
wanted a hardtop, one was selected out of a small inventory or ordered 
in and paired with the car.  I suspect that the dealers, especially in 
Lancaster, PA, didn't have a large number of hardtops in stock to draw 
from to find one that fit well.  Perhaps it was just luck in this case.

Charlie

Mirek Sharp wrote:
Paul,

Not to put you off, but be prepared for a struggle fitting the hardtop.  
I have had a really hard time getting mine to fit anything close to 
acceptable.  However, I am told it is highly variable, and they fit well 
on some cars and not on others. I

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