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Looks like a reasonable job, I wonder what the weight saving is here, by the time you'd had this painted, lined & trimmed I wonder how near it would be getting to the £2k cost of a refurbed lid. -
Our first Stag came with a fibreglass hardtop. It was as heavy as the metal ones! I gave it away to a fellow forumite in the Manchester area. No idea how he got on restoring it.
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I just like the idea of rust free
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Just about to revisit my rusty Java hardtop - see if it can be saved, although my Stag has a garage home again, that is when there isn't something else parked there...
Drove someone elses with the hardtop on and it changes the car quite a bit - which I'd forgotten - fancy a bit of that....Last edited by GDPR; 24 September 2013, 19:48.Comment
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Originally posted by kryten View Post
Not that it's happened very often - but it surprised me too how the whole character of the car changes with the hard top on.
That said - going topless is easily the most desirable
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I was told that the 'old' (Lenman.??) fibreglass tops used to leak..?
There has to be a 'good market' for a light weight, and reasonably priced, Stag hard top, so lets hope they've got it all sorted.
Cheers
Jer
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The one we had a was a Lenman. The rear quarter windows wouldn't open and generally I couldn't see any advantage over a sorted metal one as you can't even weigh it in for scrap! Which is the where the metal one stored behind our bins is likely to head unless I can work out how to reconstruct the entire lower rear section.
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What happened to the fiberglass one I delivered to you a while back?Originally posted by kryten View PostZF 4 spd box, Datsun shafts, SS exhaust, 38DGMS weber 158.9bhp, BMW MC Tomcat seatssigpicComment
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Still sitting there Kev - as was mentioned earlier there is little difference in weight (due to the glass more than anything), it is poorly finished and has a complete side catch leg that needs making from scratch - going to have a hard look at the steel one which has thin side members (rust) and a very thready rear skirt... now the garage is clear, I might be more inclined to get the welder out and stitch a few bits in, put some filler in and then throw some paint at it...Comment
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my brother had a lenman hard top and it did leak a lot,be nice to know how that one isOriginally posted by Stagster View PostI was told that the 'old' (Lenman.??) fibreglass tops used to leak..?
There has to be a 'good market' for a light weight, and reasonably priced, Stag hard top, so lets hope they've got it all sorted.
Cheers
Jer
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It was Lenham...Comment
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Wasn't he one of the Beetles?Yellow Rules OKComment
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