[Spridgets] Tops, hoods.

[Richard Ball]

Northwest Import Parts in the Portland Oregon area carries the Robbins tops 
at a $279.00. Probably where I'll buy when I replace mine.  NFI

http://northwestimportparts.com/Midget-Tops-and-Tonneau-i46.aspx

Rich Ball
'76 Midget
Everett, WA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Eldred" <redscirocco at hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>; <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 5:41 AM
Subject: [Spridgets] Tops, hoods.


> I'm getting ready to buy a new vinyl top for my '73 Midget, and I'm 
> looking
> for some advice on the price to value ratio of some of the commonly 
> available
> brands.  I'm looking at:
>
>
>
> Ez-on - at $200 this is the least expensive option.  U.S. made, with 
> Haartz
> vinyl.
>
>
>
> Robbins - I think VB has these on sale for $329 - a company with name
> recognition and a good reputation
>
>
>
> Coventry - Also on sale, for $359 - OEM for not much more than Robbins.
>
>
>
> Now, like most of us, I plan to use the top as little as possible. 
> Hopefully,
> it will spend its summers tucked under the top boot, waiting for winter
> storage.  Of course, that's not always possible, so I need a top that 
> keeps
> water out of my new interior and doesn't look like a cheap rag for those 
> times
> when I get caught out in a shower.  This is a driver, not a concours show 
> car,
> and the difference between the Ez-on and the Coventry would buy a lot of 
> other
> parts that I need.
>
>
>
>
>
> So I'm tempted to go for the Ez-on at $200 - does anyone have any 
> experience,
> positive or negative, with these tops?
>
>
>
> TIA,
>
>
>
> -Mike Eldred
>
> '73 Midget
>
> '54 MG TF
>
> '51 Willys M-38
>
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