HARDTOPS.... Carl's da bomb !

Good on ya, Boys! Greyhound is pretty good sometimes, the rates change and I have had better prices from either UPS or Greyhound. But it depends on WHEN as well as what as in how big, how much weight.

I'll be interested to hear how much trouble it will be for you guys to fit and finsh these. Hope all goes smoothly!!

I'll make it fit, Bob...just busy right now... :-) See that horse shoe on the wall ? It gives me confidence.

So you're sittin in your other tub there? I have no doubt it will get done. I looked for that ad, by the way, and it looks like you and Carl got the only two he had. Ad's been pulled.

I never got any replys from that guy I was wanting 1 for mine,how about poping off a mold from 1 of them???

Yup, I learned lately that Greyhound is a nice option. I was at the Boston bus terminal last Saturday picking up four vented rims that I bought from a guy in San Jose. Two big boxes. $86 to get them here.

Oh, when I bought these wide 5s they looked as if they were painted silver -fine with me. Got em here only to find they're chrome. Thick layer of dust on them. Not bad for $60 (for all 4).

glad that worked out David!

I'll look into having a mold made ( too busy to do it myself and I hate FG anyway ) after we see what it fits. I do have easy access to a room full of end grain balsa mat which is/was normally used in FG boat building. At this point I don't even know what rear window it will use. Should be a fun project though. One thing that comes to mind is how to stiffen up the side windows to make a nice fit onto the side of the roof. The top edges of my existing side windows are more or less contained by the flap type canvas part on my convertible roof.  Some kind of sound deadening will have to get done too. I'm looking forward to it. The nice thing is, the hardtop will provide a lot of room in the back seat area with the convertible roof put away.

I hVENT SEEN BALSA WOOD USED ON 30 YEARS, oops darn fingers. Ive made many glass molds,having a good part to take it off of helps a lot, or even a bad part that can be worked to make a good mold.

    Ive got a lot of work befor I get to that part....but it would be nice to have that part to get to.

David,

That's quite a canoe you have there.  :>   WIll be interesting to see how the hard tops fit.

BobG,

Actually the vendor had five hardtops. The others appeared to be metal factory options for 356 cabrioles...Though visually similar they have a different windshield to door edge height, and rear deck mating configuration.

As for fitting and finishing these glass tops, David has some good ideas...plus he bennifits from the mystical fabrication suggestions of the Horse Shoe...so I'm going to pay close attention to his progress.

 Keep a eye out for a hard top mad to fit a speedster with a roadster windshield Id like to have one for my D

Carl:

I went to his ad and it had been pulled. Look forward to seeing how this works out for you and David!

I had tried a few times & never got any reply long befor it was pulled.darn the luck.

I bought this recently...Not got around to fitting as yet

Nice looking top, Ger. Looks to have the same type of rear window that Carl Berry's roof has. Different than mine which has not arrived yet. So, did you do just a trial fit? I'm curious how well it sits on the windshield frame and roughly, how is the fit at the back? Do you know what window will fit the back? Here's a couple of very small pics of mine. Quite different on sides and rear window.

Ger:

Where did you find it, and were there more?

Hi Dave,

I did quickly drop the top onto the car but I have seatbelt risers for 3 point fixing  (uk requirement), and they kinda get in the way !

I need to either do some lowering on the riser, or do some mods on the top, (I think thats where I will go, I quite like 3 point belts) See first pic....you can make out the mounts at shoulder height)

I have the back window and rubber for it as well, (Lexan, already curved/cut to the opening)

Bob,

I'm in Scotland.....I got it from Gary at Speedster clinic .

See second pic for one of his tops mounted on a customer car, (not mine!). I understand that this car was a daily driver here in the UK for a number of years, (hence the need for a top  !)

Ger:

Thanks! My mother was a Dunbar and I've had the opportunity to visit Scotland. Beautiful country. Great place to drive a Speedster.

Bob

my car will be a daily driver as well, possiably the only car I will have, like my bug is now, but it will go when the 356 is done,I have no need for multiple vehicles&thier added expense.thus the need for a hard topfor me too