-All factory hardtops had a crease above the side windows.
-Bugeye factory hardtops attach to the windshield by external chrome clamps.
Since you have a glass rear window chances are that your's is a factory
top.
MacGregor in Canada might have seals for this top.
http://www.macgregorukcarparts.com/index.html
If you need to use a hardtop, but don't want the added weight associated
with it, take a cue from the Morgan Aero8 and fashion one from carbon
fiber.
jay fishbein
wallingford, ct
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/
Lester Ewing wrote:
> Hello all!
>
>
> So when I bought the Bugeye it came with a hardtop. I have
> essentially ignored it for 2 years. While cleaning up the shop it
> occurred to me that the best place to store the thing is on the
> Bugeye, I cleaned it a bit and have the following info: Rear is
> glass not plastic, there are "bubbled" out areas along the seal along
> the rear deck that seem to fit over the cloth top pins, no interior.
> So, do I have a factory top or aftermarket? What else should I look
> for?.. oh yeah, the rubber seal along the glass has shrunk enough
> that there is an ope 1/4 " gap at the top..
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