Hey Doug I have to ditto what Bob says here. I looked around for a long
time to find a hardtop, now that I have one I don't use it often,
certainly not enough to justify having the top. Most of the time I have
no top at all on the car, if I have anything of value I put it in the
trunk.
Cheers,
Larry Hoy
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
1976 MGB Parting out
>Douglas Gaither wrote:
>>
>> Well,
>>
>> I'd like to hear from those of you that have hardtops. Are you glad
you
>> have them?
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On Fri, 25 Apr 1997 08:14:31 -0500 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
writes:
>I had a Midget for several years and it came with a hardtop. The hardtop
>spent almost its entire life being moved around to different corners of
>the basement. It just didn't seem worth the hassle of
installing/deinstalling.
>
>Also, the hardtop was double-shell fiberglass with no headliner. Sound
>that came in through the firewall or floor pan just reverberated
>underneath the hardtop. With a soft top, the sound was 'good car
>sounds' and was cool. With the hardtop it was just, plain, loud.
>
>I'm sure you can get different opinions but I'd recommend a hardtop with
>a headliner. Is your car parked in the garage, right now, with the top
>down? I wouldn't recommend a hardtop. If parked outside, maybe.
>
>Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6
>
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