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Re: Factory hardtop??

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Subject: Re: Factory hardtop??
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:28:20 -0500
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-All factory hardtops had a crease above the side windows.
-Bugeye factory hardtops attach to the windshield by external chrome clamps.
Since you have a glass rear window chances are that your's is a factory 
top.
MacGregor in Canada might have seals for this top. 
http://www.macgregorukcarparts.com/index.html

If you need to use a hardtop, but don't want the added weight associated 
with it, take a cue from the Morgan Aero8 and fashion one from carbon 
fiber.

jay fishbein
wallingford, ct

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Lester Ewing wrote:

> Hello all!
>
>     
> So when I bought the Bugeye it came with a hardtop.  I have  
> essentially ignored it for 2 years.  While cleaning up the shop it  
> occurred to me that the best place to store the thing is on the  
> Bugeye, I cleaned it a bit and have the following info:  Rear is  
> glass not plastic, there are "bubbled" out areas along the seal along  
> the rear deck that seem to fit over the cloth top pins, no interior.   
> So, do I have a factory top or aftermarket?  What else should I look  
> for?.. oh yeah, the rubber seal along the glass has shrunk enough  
> that there is an ope 1/4 " gap at the top..




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