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I bought a surrey top with the removable solid center pannel off of ebay a couple years ago. I havent mounted it yet but I am thinking of going with the soft center. Does anyone out there use the soft top center section? where can you get them? do they seal OK. do they fit in the trunk?---------------I bought this top from a guy who had a few of them for sale but it turned out he scamed several people and I was one of the only ones to get one, it took 2months to get it. It is the fiberglass type with a simulated leather grain. It came without any seals or hardware, he said it was a Revington top. Anyone else buy from this guy? His ebay name was Angelone (or something like that).
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Surrey top with soft top question??
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PeterK
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I got one of his tops too. Really not bad but I've spent a bunch buying all the seals and fasteners to make it complete. The textured hard top is supposed to mimic a soft top look. Mine is really nice.
TRF has a pretty good selection of parts including the soft top and the frame for it. Also has the proper seals and some hardware.
The soft top frame folds up and the soft section comes off to store in the trunk.
TRF has a pretty good selection of parts including the soft top and the frame for it. Also has the proper seals and some hardware.
The soft top frame folds up and the soft section comes off to store in the trunk.
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Allan,
Mine is still packed away but I'll tell you what I know.
The soft "surrey" top is made of convertible top material, and has the same side flaps as a convertible top to seal against your windows. You will need several seals as well as a continuous furflex seal that runs from the bottom of the b-pillar up and across the front edge of the backlight and down to the bottom of the opposite b-pillar. Also you might need a different aluminum winshield top capping.
See this page and the next page for parts and seals:
https://www.zeni.net/trf/TR6-250GC/index.php?zoom=1&menu=A&page=254
The top has sewn-in loops that go through the folding metal frame; this would keep the top in place while driving.
The rear backlight is a semi-permanently installed section. You must first remove any convertible top mounting including frame. Then bolt on the rear backlight using the seven bolts from below your rear deck into the threaded inserts in the bottom of the backlight. A rubber seal sits between the rear deck and the backlight frame.
"Surrey" refers to the soft top
"Backlight" is the aluminum(originally) or fiberglass(repro) piece that holds the rear window.
Mine is still packed away but I'll tell you what I know.
The soft "surrey" top is made of convertible top material, and has the same side flaps as a convertible top to seal against your windows. You will need several seals as well as a continuous furflex seal that runs from the bottom of the b-pillar up and across the front edge of the backlight and down to the bottom of the opposite b-pillar. Also you might need a different aluminum winshield top capping.
See this page and the next page for parts and seals:
https://www.zeni.net/trf/TR6-250GC/index.php?zoom=1&menu=A&page=254
The top has sewn-in loops that go through the folding metal frame; this would keep the top in place while driving.
The rear backlight is a semi-permanently installed section. You must first remove any convertible top mounting including frame. Then bolt on the rear backlight using the seven bolts from below your rear deck into the threaded inserts in the bottom of the backlight. A rubber seal sits between the rear deck and the backlight frame.
"Surrey" refers to the soft top
"Backlight" is the aluminum(originally) or fiberglass(repro) piece that holds the rear window.
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My wife made a storage bag for our frame and top. Keeps the frame from shifting forth and back in the trunk and scratching the paint. The steel top lives in a bag also, on my shop wall; I used it during the winter many years ago when the TR was my only transportation. I then did the smart thing and found a girlfriend with a new Datsun 510; we have been married for 34 years today.
PeterK
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Nice to see someone who read the book on compressor piping. Nice job Mark.
My wife owns the TR3A. If only she could sew like yours! I keep threatening that I will take up sewing also to make things like bags for car parts. Now I'm motivated. Nice job to your wife too!
Happy Anniversary!
My wife owns the TR3A. If only she could sew like yours! I keep threatening that I will take up sewing also to make things like bags for car parts. Now I'm motivated. Nice job to your wife too!
Happy Anniversary!
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Happy anniversary to you and your wife as well Mark!
You beat me on the compressor setup hands down, when I painted my first TR I rigged up a much uglier piping network with schedule 40 pvc - but that filter on the end sure does help.
Not to steal this thread too much, but what is that toy in primer gray?
More back to this thread, I am still very much in the hunt for my own Surrey top and have been building a list of needed seals, etc. It doesn't seem like there is one vendor for all parts but I think most of everything can be sourced.
For the soft top, is it critical to have the metal hooks on the backlight to tighten down the top?
Randy
TR4 born 2/28/64
TR4 born 8/26/64
You beat me on the compressor setup hands down, when I painted my first TR I rigged up a much uglier piping network with schedule 40 pvc - but that filter on the end sure does help.
Not to steal this thread too much, but what is that toy in primer gray?
More back to this thread, I am still very much in the hunt for my own Surrey top and have been building a list of needed seals, etc. It doesn't seem like there is one vendor for all parts but I think most of everything can be sourced.
For the soft top, is it critical to have the metal hooks on the backlight to tighten down the top?
Randy
TR4 born 2/28/64
TR4 born 8/26/64
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Thank you for the anniversary wishes.
Not really. They hold the flap in place so the window will maybe seal a little better. What holds the top in place is fitting in a groove above the windshield and bolts through the backlight frame, that and a bunch of snaps.
I got the plans for the air system from a link in the tools area of BCF some time ago.
TR4nut said:
Not really. They hold the flap in place so the window will maybe seal a little better. What holds the top in place is fitting in a groove above the windshield and bolts through the backlight frame, that and a bunch of snaps.
I got the plans for the air system from a link in the tools area of BCF some time ago.
SCguy
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I was able to get those hooks through https://www.revingtontr.com/.
My experience with the " Surrey " part of the top is that it installs much like the soft top. My recollection is the leading edge slips under the front top cap the same way, then is stretched back over the metal frame and snapped in place. About as weather tight as the soft top. Its been a while since I used it.