STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com wrote:
> Does this ring any bells with anyone?
>
> Stu
Stu,
You hearing bells now?
Actually, a freind has had a "T" top TR-6 for about 20 years now. A "T" top has
the mounting and structural advantages that a "Targa" type does not, Although
there is no prayer of getting it into a trunk, unless it's in your other car.
If you recall the early days of the after-market conversions (something more
sophisticated than a "one-off" in design time, but they put a lot of structual
stiffening center members in to replace the lost rigidity of the solid coupe.
In the roadster case, it would simplfy the mounting (original) and the
quick-replacement side sections. Leakage problems prevailed on these and Targa
aftermarket, even on the factory "T" jobs. I quess that's OK, I haven't found
out where that rain that drips on my left leg is coming from.
A "smoked glass" removable "T" section, or better yet - mirrored, would strike
a nice note.
The main advantage of this top is that you could get all the benefits of burning
your scalp, bird dropppings, parking lot thefts, and rain leaks without any of
the disadvatnages of refreshing wind in you hair, clear visibility, and
soft-top emergency conversion that a regular top gives, as well as the good
looks, good design (relative), a good visibility that the stock hard top gives.
You also get the aliterative nomenclature "Targa Tiger". Good for a license
plate, too.
Storing it in the trunk sounds great, but if you ar using it to travel, then
have sunny moments, where are you going to put the luggage?
I have to tell you that the reason I bought a factory hard top is all because
of Karen Foster.
We work at the same mine shaft, and while having lunch with Ramon we were
talking about how great her yellow Tiger is, and the body-colored hard top added
to it's appearance. This is when she told me that they always travel with that
hard top up for comfort at highway speed. No sense getting buffetted about and
made deaf by that wind. When they arrived at their destination, they would
simply remove the top and carry it to their room. That way they could spend
their leisure time driving around their destination without a top. What a great
idea. Bought the first good top I could find (7 tops later) and emulated her
concept. Just great. Kept the wife from complaining, and I could even play a
radio below 110 db (tuned to auto racing reports, of course). It was a little
more difficult at the Marriott. This is a multiple story Hotel with a carpeted
lobby, and elevators. But $5 to a bellman and I get help removing the top, and
the top gets a ride thru the lobby on one of those tubular brass wheeled
carts. Imagine the looks in the lobby, to say nothing of the grumbling in the
elevator.
Thanks, Karen.
Steve
Well, that's what makes horseracing. A difference of opinion.
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