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tony barnhill
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Have you thought about a lot price for everything...a guy could drive down, load it up & bring home....make a list & put a total on it & let me know.
Or, send me a list & I'll give you a lot price.
Or, send me a list & I'll give you a lot price.
tony barnhill
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Tom - I keep a list of people looking for certain things - when I find them & they are extra to my collection, I flip 'em...you're on the hardtop list.
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That'd be about right: "Buy this hardtop and I'll toss in a FREE CAR!"
I gotta find the right side "quarterlight" frame for one. Anyone know of a trashed HT?... Since they're just "frozen snot" I figure I'm gonna have a hard time finding the window frame: If a top is damaged it can be glued back together again.
I gotta find the right side "quarterlight" frame for one. Anyone know of a trashed HT?... Since they're just "frozen snot" I figure I'm gonna have a hard time finding the window frame: If a top is damaged it can be glued back together again.
tony barnhill
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Jack - if you look at your other side light long enough, you'll see how easy it is to fabricate that little part.
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I have to agree that a starting price of $700 for a factory top in need of work is just way too much money- even in Canadian dollars. I need the contact info for these swap meet buyers- I'll need to work on finding other items to sell to them.
I paid $75 for my factory top last year- it needs some seals, but most do. I think a couple hundred is a fair price. The seals alone are hundreds of dollars from macgregor- and that's before you paint it and have new side windows cut.
I paid $75 for my factory top last year- it needs some seals, but most do. I think a couple hundred is a fair price. The seals alone are hundreds of dollars from macgregor- and that's before you paint it and have new side windows cut.
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All the seals to do the top from MacGregor come to around $300US. Windows can be cut out of 3/16" Plexi or Lexan with a jigsaw. I used an old one as a pattern. Biggest problem I found is breaking the frame screws loose without breaking them OFF. Lost the battle with only one on each side. Drilled/tapped the "stumps" and back in business.
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That'd be about right: "Buy this hardtop and I'll toss in a FREE CAR!"
I gotta find the right side "quarterlight" frame for one. Anyone know of a trashed HT?... Since they're just "frozen snot" I figure I'm gonna have a hard time finding the window frame: If a top is damaged it can be glued back together again.
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Theres a kind of "LBC Rapist" in my area with a pile(at least 4) factory tops sitting in a feild...I was there looking at a TD and he said he's sell me a top(I was looking for one for the LE - before I sold it) but I never contacted him for a price or anything. If anyone is interested I'll see if I can dig up a phone # or something, not the kinda place you wanna drive up unannounced.
That'd be about right: "Buy this hardtop and I'll toss in a FREE CAR!"
I gotta find the right side "quarterlight" frame for one. Anyone know of a trashed HT?... Since they're just "frozen snot" I figure I'm gonna have a hard time finding the window frame: If a top is damaged it can be glued back together again.
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Theres a kind of "LBC Rapist" in my area with a pile(at least 4) factory tops sitting in a feild...I was there looking at a TD and he said he's sell me a top(I was looking for one for the LE - before I sold it) but I never contacted him for a price or anything. If anyone is interested I'll see if I can dig up a phone # or something, not the kinda place you wanna drive up unannounced.
tony barnhill
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All the seals to do the top from MacGregor come to around $300US.
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Like I said, Doc...I've got about $500 in the one I'm restoring right now - not including the purchase price...& were it not that I wanted another Vermillion Red top like the one that came with my car when I bought it new, I'd not put that much into it! I'll probably have too much in that top when its all said & done....
All the seals to do the top from MacGregor come to around $300US.
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Like I said, Doc...I've got about $500 in the one I'm restoring right now - not including the purchase price...& were it not that I wanted another Vermillion Red top like the one that came with my car when I bought it new, I'd not put that much into it! I'll probably have too much in that top when its all said & done....
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If he parts out any of those tops, I really DO need a right-side quarterlight frame... Lemme know if you're inclined to go on a "mission"!!
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I am not really welcome on his property(i put him in touch with a friend of mine.....long story)....but if I see him at the regular flea markets/shows with any hardtop parts I'll make sure I at least get his contact for you.
If he parts out any of those tops, I really DO need a right-side quarterlight frame... Lemme know if you're inclined to go on a "mission"!!
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I am not really welcome on his property(i put him in touch with a friend of mine.....long story)....but if I see him at the regular flea markets/shows with any hardtop parts I'll make sure I at least get his contact for you.