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I drove 7 hrs on the freeway with the hardtop on the experience was great compared to a softop/topless. Don't think the top is coming off soon...but now i need to work out a hoisting/storage method just in case

That's beeeutiful!!!

Great looking top Alvin, and great picture of both together.

Lift/hoist/storage? I did this for a friend who had a windsurfer, where she could drive in underneath, hoist it up to the ceiling, then drive out, never had to lift the board onto the top of the SUV.
While I kluged it out of boat supply store pulleys, I think 2 of these mounted next to each other should work great:

http://www.harborfreight.com/bicycle-lift-95803.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Great idea - thanks Fergus! I'll need to do that for my Parrish top - it's ungainly to store to say the least.

Great looking top Alvin!

Cheers
James

Well unfortunately the weatherseal part numbers are NLA through JC Whitless

They directed me to Mcmaster Carr through a cross reference so I ended up buying there Here's what I ordered:

1 12 ft. Part# 1142A62 Rubber Bulb Seal Vinyl, 15/16" Overall Width, 9/16" Overall Height $.86 /ft.
2 10 ft. Part# 12335A74 Edge Grip Rubber Seal Bulb on Side, 1/16"-1/8" Edge, 61/64" Bulb Width $2.78 /ft.
3 10 ft. Part# 12335A71 Edge Grip Rubber Seal Bulb on Side, 7/64"-1/8" Edge, 3/4" Bulb Width $3.63 /ft.
4 10 ft. Part# 93085K68 Adhesive Back Foam Rubber Bulb Seal 3/4" Overall Width, 1/2" Overall Height $.96/ ft

I'll let y'all know how it works out.

Cheers
James

thanks for updating with part #s James!

looking forward to seeing the top finished

These are recent pictures of the seals I used for the side/rear windows and the front window-to-hardtop seal.
Also shown is the rear deck seal. windshield seal is straight from Dean and it is a softop part

What seal number for the rear window?

I've always wanted to rig a pulley system to store my hardtop above the car, but the garage is in flux.
A friend gave me an un-assembled top cart last year and I finally put it together to test it out:

That look's so neat. what is the paint resting on?

Nice to see the top off your car Alvin - nice cart! I did not realize that you had the two tone lining - very nice.

I like the cart. What brand is it?

If you click on the pic and zoom in you can see the strips of felt-line foam that the hardtop sits on. I put some microfiber towels in between the paint/foam just to be safe(not pictured). Sid I don't know the brand it looks like a generic cart. I just did a google search and it looks exactly like this one:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/hardtop-cart-c ... 12641.jcwx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
it comes with a cover I haven't tried it yet

Hello all, this might have been answered before...but I am trying to get a replacement seal for a 1970 high windshield hardtop (door, top to glass). It is a Snugtop, porthole, textured. Amazingly, I have searched and searched...with not good answers. Thanks for any help!

Last weekend I removed the hardtop. Usually I place carrier-supplied hardtop cover on my hardtop and park it in the garage. Last season this "cover" totally disintegrated. It left a mess.

To protect the hardtop while being stored I bought a hardtop cover off Amazon. It is for a BMW Z4:
https://www.amazon.com/BMW-Z4-Hardtop-C ... B01L69TVRQ

It's ~$90 and it fits well, maybe a tad larger in width but perfect length:



I'll report how it holds up come this winter!

Sez Alvin, posting on June 4 and "still ready for Christmas". Laff..... (See last pic)

No worries, brother, I still have a dead wreath on my front door. Guess we San Jose people like being prepared.