Super Wide Body Hardtop?

Sounds like a task for our Photoshop experts.

Interior dimensions are the same - since same VW pan is used.  It's just that you can fit 10" slicks on the back.  I think anyone that could build a Speedster kit could install the hard top to their car.  It would take multiple fitting, sanding and adjusting attempts.  Rusty Tubs in NV has 2 versions of hard top.  One for Kit cars that they say is 3-4" longer to accommodate possible different placement of the windshield.  Price is like $1295 but crating is $125 plus I suspect shipping is $400 extra (or more).  I think a hardtop with the "Gurney bubble" on top and a raised LED 3rd brake light would look great on a super wide body.  Maybe even add gull wing opening side curtains like the old MB 300 SL.

I am having a hard top made for my super widebody now - here are pics from Kirk I received yesterday - granted not great pics but you get the idea.

That is awesome, Scott!

Scott R. Merritt Island Fl posted:

I am having a hard top made for my super widebody now - here are pics from Kirk I received yesterday - granted not great pics but you get the idea.

 

Thank you!

Can you confirm it's the same size as a regular body speedster? Looks great so far, please post up some final pics when you get her back.

I cannot confirm but I think it is. Kirk will not sell a hard top without the car being there. They are made to order and fitted to the each car individually. My car has been there since mid January. I will post up pics whenever it arrives in Florida. 

Hi Scott- I saw your car when I went to visit Vintage last week- it looks great, much better than the pictures show! 

Bwkirl posted:

Hi Scott- I saw your car when I went to visit Vintage last week- it looks great, much better than the pictures show! 

That's great to hear. I have yet to see the car in person. Bought from a dealer in Santa Barbara. Sent right to vintage for hard top bumpers etc.   Been trying to be patient. Not an easy task. 

Confirmed , you need the car there to fit the hard top , it's a tedious detailed job.

Scott R. Merritt Island Fl posted:

Bwkirl posted:

Hi Scott- I saw your car when I went to visit Vintage last week- it looks great, much better than the pictures show! 

That's great to hear. I have yet to see the car in person. Bought from a dealer in Santa Barbara. Sent right to vintage for hard top bumpers etc.   Been trying to be patient. Not an easy task. 

Scott, that jogged my memory that we had spoken via private message but I forgot you were going to get a hardtop for it. You are going to have one of the nicest Speedsters going with that Mendeola suspension kit and a hardtop on a Superwide. 

Can't wait to see it all put together and I would have trouble being patient as well.

How'd the Hardtop turn out?

The hard top turned out nice, but the car didn't.  He returned it to the dealer in Santa Barbara and got his money back.  It was still in SB 2 weeks ago, but I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

There was a discussion and some pictures posted about it a few weeks back. Here's the thread. https://www.speedsterowners.co...5#579323112896359265

Bill Prout posted:

How'd the Hardtop turn out?

What Troy said. The hardtop looked great but it turned out the car had been in a serious accident that the dealer did not disclose and the car was returned. It was a beauty, see link above.

Bummer!