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hard top w/ roll bar?

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: hard top w/ roll bar?
From: HD883HUGGR@aol.com
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:12:52 EST
Hi Gang.  Even though I don't mind the windchill if it means tooling around 
Phoenix with the top down, the wife as gotten a tad grumpy, so I'm 
considering putting the hard top on (purchased with the car in the spring, 
and never used yet).
    Minor detail: installed an aftermarket roll bar in the summer, and didn't 
bother to try the soft top until the work was done.  Found out that I 
installed it about 1/2" too far back and so the top frame has to be muscled 
over the roll bar in order to get the soft top up.
    Q: does the hard top offer any more clearance than the soft top frame?  
That is, should I even bother wrestling with the hard top or just assume that 
the roll bar will prohibit a clean fit?  Don't want to risk scratching the 
paint if it's a lost cause from the start.  Any advice is appreciated.  
Thanks!
    Scott (& Hobbs, 77 Spit, daily driver)

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