Storing a hard top

[MandM]

Hi guys
Another question form the stagless guy, does anybody know the height of the hard top ? , so i can workout if i can store the top in the roof and drive the car underneath, I have a flat roof garage with a height from floor to ceiling of 7' 5"( or for the younger reader 2260mm).
Is there also some sort of cradle that can be hoisted up currently available?, think i,ve seen something on here ?.

cheers M&M

[Guest]

You may stuggle there, I don't know the size but what ever you do don't cover your hardtop with blankets, I have and it's now covered in micro blisters

Jason

[jleyton]

The dimensions are roughly 1.7m x 1.4 m x 0.8 m.

If you search long enough on here you'll find all sorts of things about cradles - including my early Heath Robinson attempt !



Cheers

Julian

[Danny]

Hi M&M,

With the height you have given I should think it's possible to store the hardtop above the car. I have rigged up a boat hoist/winch and run the lifting wire through a block made fast on to the centre beam (2460mm above floor) of my garage. This gives a clearance of about 500mm above the windscreen of the car.
Hardtop.JPG

[aerosilver]

Hi guys
Another question form the stagless guy, does anybody know the height of the hard top ? , so i can workout if i can store the top in the roof and drive the car underneath, I have a flat roof garage with a height from floor to ceiling of 7' 5"( or for the younger reader 2260mm).
Is there also some sort of cradle that can be hoisted up currently available?, think i,ve seen something on here ?.

cheers M&M

I also have a flat roof garage of the sort of height you have, and stowed the hardtop dangling from the rafters for a couple of years, but found I kept cracking my head on it when I was getting in and out of the Stag or furkling about in the garage when it was parked outside. It's now relegated to the shed! However if you happen to be only 4' tall you should be OK - I'm 6'2" (and obviously don't look where I'm going!).

Bob.

[milothedog]

I built a frame which spans the Garage walls,


Ian.

[Guest]

The dimensions are roughly 1.7m x 1.4 m x 0.8 m.

If you search long enough on here you'll find all sorts of things about cradles - including my early Heath Robinson attempt !



Cheers

Julian

Bloody hell Mr. Robinson!!!

[jleyton]

Bloody hell Mr. Robinson!!!

If you think that one's bad, how about this then ? Comp DSCN0890.jpg

Although I would hasten to add that I have moved on slightly from both however having no garage to hang the hardtop from has proved to be a bit of a hurdle

Cheers

Julian

[Guest]

The hardtop changed colour too!

[Malcolm C]

Picture of the hardtop storage
When the garage is full it has 2 cars, 5 push bikes,2 wind suffering boards 1 boat plus the hard top.

[jleyton]

That's a garage I dream of Malcolm,

Booze, bikes and the Stag Owners Club

Cheers

Julian

[Malcolm C]

Must have a garage party one day.Have been told that if I have got that much spare time to paint the floor I should get a job,no way as am enjoying my retirement

[MandM]

Must have a garage party one day.Have been told that if I have got that much spare time to paint the floor I should get a job,no way as am enjoying my retirement

Thanks for the idea,s see people would like share your beers, just save me one

cheers stagless M&M