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Got the hardtop fitted today

David Stroud IM Roadster DDavid Stroud IM Roadster DOttawa Canada '83 IM Soob

I got the hardtop fitted today. Just in roughly but everything fits and it's latched down. Still need to fit the rear window and figure out how to do a headliner and install a front bow seal. Thanks again to Carl Berry for sourcing the hardtop in the first place. Nice deal, Carl ! Carl, you were interested in how the hardtop could be fastened down. The front latches are just like you use in the convertible top and I found a couple of over the center type latches at a Grainger type place. Two pics here and the windshield's still in one piece.....

David Stroud

 '92 IM Roadster D 2.3 L Air Cooled

Ottawa, Canada

 

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David Stroud IM Roadster DDavid Stroud IM Roadster DOttawa Canada '83 IM Soob

Interesting point, Wolf and thanks for the pic. I'm betting that the hardtop will provide less drag than the ragtop but either way, the hardtop is held on by more substantial hardware than the ragtop. Where the soft top is obviously a "soft and flexible " fit around the rear seat area, my hardtop rests on it's rubber gasket.

 

My weakest point of mounting is a 1/4" hole thru the 3/16" hole thru the hardtop. No way to measure the tensile strength of that. I'll keep an eye on things.

DannyPDannyP

Maybe a couple small layers of glass on the inside to strengthen the top a little? Glass in a steel bushing as thick as the fiberglass in that spot. Rough up the outside of the bushing and bond it to the glass.

 

Just enough tension to seat and seal the gaskets, no more. That should safeguard the windshield!

 

My soft-top is held on by two windshield header latches and snaps. I think David will be fine. But to make sure, I would drive and slowly increase the speed. I would definitely have an observer watching the top near the header bow and the body gasket over bumps and at speed. David never goes over 70 anyway, he should be FINE!

 

I was thinking 3M spray adhesive and some kind of thin foam with some cloth on the inside for headliner.

 

Looking good, David!

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