ArthurK101@aol.com wrote:
> Vic, careful. My article on the TR4 top only GENERALLY applies to others.
> The reasons are several:
>
> 1) The TR4 top comes completely off when not in use. Therefore it is not
> permanently fixed to the hoodsticks.
>
> 2) The TR4 top front edge has a sewn-in three piece metal strip which fits
> into a lip on the top outer edge of the windscreen. No other TR has that, I
> think. The others use hooks or rods which go down through the windscreen
> capping inside the windscreen frame.
Art,
You have just described the Spitfire Mk1 and Mk2 Convertible Top. With
the Mk3, the Spitfires followed the rest of the Triumph line with the
permanently mounted Tops.
Joe
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