I have made good use of every hard top that I have ever owned. Sold all of
them and put
the money into something really useful for the car or kids future. They
are a PITA to store and the usage doesn't equal the expense at all . May
pay off when you sell but it has to be to a real purist
cause the casual observer/ driver, wants a top down car not a hard top car.
Just my 2cents on experiences with hard tops.
FWIW, for more room, remove hard top.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Feldman" <qualitas.jack@gmail.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 2:42 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Factory Hard Top!
> Just got my hard top back from being restored. The purists can vent now
> since I had it painted black to go with my Colorado Red over Black paint
> job. Knowing this is to last forever, I had the headlining done in a black
> textured vinyl.
>
> The problem I have is in getting in and out. When I had my bugeye I had no
> trouble getting in and out when the hard top was on. But that was 45 years
> and 30 lbs ago. But I was also two inches taller than.
>
> While I have figured out how to do it, when I do get in, my 5'7" is about
> 2
> inches from the headliner.
>
> What do six footers do to get in and out, and how do they fit in?
>
> Someone told my that Donald Healey was 5'6" and than might explain why he
> had a special coupe made for him rather than a hard top.
>
> I have an idea of how to store it, but I wonder how other folks who have
> hard tops store theirs.
>
> Jack
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