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I'm doing a hard top for for David Bayne. He recently bought the top and had it shipped here the was "on another speedster" it is beautiful complete with paint, headliner, rear window latches etc. Problem is it's 1.25 " too short from the windshield back to where it rests on the tub lip. After I installed the 3 tub to hard top latches I took David's speedster and top over to my paint guy "Randy" today. we both worked a good number of hours scraping headliner material away that have " forever glue" with a course DA sander opened up the inner U on the header bow  to get the forward bow to set into the windshield frame, then section cut across the top and made temp metal cleats to align both pieces. It will get thin fiberglass panels on the underside. I now have full understanding why Kirk at Vintage Speedsters say's he has to have the car to install a hard top......stay tuned photos to follow.

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I had one made with my last build, and I love it.... Extends the driving season significantly.  I do live in Seattle and drive the car almost daily April through October.... With weekend trips in february- when it tends to be sunny, dry, but really cold!

also  nice to have the hard top ( vs soft top) on long  and hot trips in the summer.  We spend a couple weeks in central Oregon every year where temps are in the mid/Hugh 90s.  It's nice to have the top on during the 7 hr drive -  to not broil my head/arms.

 

 

I think I have a Plasticon top, but when I went to fit it on, it was great around the header bow area, the window opening fit well fore and aft but the rear tub length was a bit too short. Without disturbing the line of the rear of the hardtop too much, I was able to add a varying length from 1/4" to  1/2" length to the lower rear lip of the top to make things work. Sectioning the center like Alan did above would have buggered up the window opening length on mine. Custom fit in most cases, I guess...but doable.

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