On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, at around 07:46:33 local time, Richard Gosling
<richard.gosling@exprogroup.com> wrote:
>Ken,
>
>I do vaguely remember hearing that the hardtop can be installed over the
>soft-top, but I fail to see how. You would have to remove the rear bar,
>otherwise you would not be able to get the rear bolts in, and in any case
>the presence of the soft-top would prevent the hard-top fitting snugly down
>to the rear deck.
Dear Ken and Richard,
This isn't quite true. Yes, you need to remove the rear bar, but this
only takes a few seconds. You do not need to remove anything else, and
you fold the soft-top in behind the seats.
>
>You would also need to remove the brackets at the top of the B-pillars, so
>the hard-top bracket could bolt on.
Not so.
> Well, by the time you've done that you
>have removed everything that holds the soft-top on, so you might as well
>remove it from the car completely! Although there are alternative, shorter
>brackets for the hard-top at this connection, but I'm not sure where they'd
>attach?
You would definitely need to use the alternative hard-top fixings, and
screw them directly into the soft-top bracket.
Having said all that, I have only ever done this once, and ever since I
have removed the soft-top completely when fitting the hard-top. There
seems to be no real benefit (apart from not having to undo a couple of
bolts on either side of the car), and the downside is that there is
little room for anything behind the seats if you've got the soft-top
stowed there. Additionally, if your speakers are in the rear panel,
the sound quality is severely degraded!
ATB
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Mike
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Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
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