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TR6 Custom Hardtops - aftermarket top TR6

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Folks,

I have a 76 TR6 for the last 2 years and picked up a Custom Hardtops after market vinyl top( Long Beach,CA) in beautiful shape. I was tol it was for a TR6.

Here is the problem:
Althought the front bolts line up exactly, with the windows rolled up, there is a good 2in gap between the window and the hardtop (on the door handle side) even thought the rubber weatherstripping is there. The top is a Custom Hardtops top with a Triumph emblem on the side.
Could the op be for another Triumph model?
Thanks,Ken
 
Welcome to the Forum! I can't help you with your specific problem, but I'm confident that someone will be in shortly with something helpful. If I were to guess I'd say, maybe you've got a Spitfire top, though it would likely not fit even as well as you describe. It's possible though, as the Spit and the TR4-6 were the same width and even used the same windshield, on the early Spits, save for the mounting angle. Again, welcome aboard and good luck.
 
Posting pix is always best.
 
That does look like a TR6 top. Others will need to chime in, but the spitfire tops I have seen are different shape at the base.
 
Interesting, the logo is for a 2or 3 isn't it?
 
How does the top line up with the rest of the body- b post for example? I think it should extend along the lines of that post, something like this for a factory hardtop. If it does, and you have the gap, time to look at your door glass alignment?
 
My original hard top also has a gap between the window and the top....

The window is adjusted all the way up too


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The b post finisher cap is in the way of the top sitting flush. I didn't think they would need to come off, but maybe they do.

Ken
 
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