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RE: Soft Tops

To: steven@newellboys.com, "'6pack'" <6pack@autox.team.net>,
Subject: RE: Soft Tops
From: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:21:09 -0500
Thanks Steven.

Has anybody seen Caribou's canvas top side-by-side a Prestige mohair top?
The canvas is about $200 and the mohair about $400. There must be some
reason for the difference in price. Hopefully quality.

- Hugh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Newell [mailto:steven@newellboys.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 2:34 PM
> To: Hugh Fader
> Subject: Re: Soft Tops
>
>
> Hugh Fader wrote:
>
> > I have been window shopping for soft tops. I plan to do a
> replacement next
> > year some time so I'm taking my time. I am leaning toward
> using cloth. I
> > like the softer look of it. It is pricey though.
> >
> > I found a place called Prestige
> > http://www.prestigeautotrim.com/usa/index.htm. I think they
> are the supplier
> > for some of the other sources and are a bit cheaper. Has
> anybody dealt with
> > them? Can anyone comment on Mohair versus vinyl?
>
> Caribou tops also do canvas tops. The owner is on the list I think.
> I can dig up the link if you can't find it. Comparable to vinyl, and
> Ed has offered (to me) to make me a TR4 top with a TR6 style
> zip out window. Still around $200 I recall. I'll do that this summer,
> I'd do canvas but I'm going back to white and he doesn't have
> white canvas.
>
> --
> Steven Newell
> Littleton, CO

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