There is a firm in Western Pa (outside Pittsburgh) that make them already.
I'll have to search for their name.
> [Original Message]
> From: Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> To: Robert Westcott <westcotc@earthlink.net>; mike brooks
<hypercubic@yahoo.co.uk>
> Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 3/10/05 8:29:56 AM
> Subject: BN1 BN2 Universal Laminations hardtop
>
> As I mentioned privately in a reply, I happen to have a Universal
> Laminations top for a BN1/BN2. It is in pretty poor shape, but it's "all
> there", I think. It would serve well, after some repair, to pull a mold
from
> in order to make reproductions.
>
> However, this would be a far more difficult task than reproducing the
Bugeye
> hardtop. The Bugeye top does not have a headliner, or any complicated
> aluminum pieces, etc.
>
> http://www.bighealey.ltd.uk/ makes a hardtop replica. It is not the
> Universal Laminations style. At current US dollar rates, it converts to
> about $2800, and the costs to ship to the US would be quite steep...
> significantly more than their Bugeye top replicas.
>
> It is something I'm willing to investigate this, but, you'll have to
expect
> this would be a expensive top. And, knowing certain elements of the Healey
> community to be particularly cheap bastards, I suspect the market might be
> pretty small. We'll see.
>
> WST
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On
> Behalf Of Robert Westcott
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:07 AM
> To: mike brooks
> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re - Bugeye hardtops
>
> Put me down for a BN1, they should be the same.
>
> Rob Westcott
> '55 BN1
>
> mike brooks wrote:
>
> >Not interested in a Sprite hardtop, but what about for a BN2? A replica
of
> the Universal Laminations hardtop maybe???
> >
> >Mike
> >'56 BN2
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