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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - frogeye hardtop

i'm thinking of making my own hardtop...
if i was in uk, i'd just buy one from the many people who sell them, but the cost of shipping and import duty etc makes it expensive to send here (Thailand).
Attached is a picture of the style i will try and replicate, this looks relatively easy as the window part can be cut from a single sheet of plexiglass then bent to shape with some heat... Then for the top part making it seperately so it can be removed like a targa top...

Does anyone have one of these hard tops and could you send me some pictures of it on the car ?

Cant remember where i got this picture but suspect it came from this forum....

Andy Phillips

That's the univeal laminations top which is pretty much extinct as far as I know (the one in the photo is quite possibly made for a big Healey. As far as I remember. John Sprinzel who used to race with one, didn't like them at all. Not sure why.
frogeye Gary

i wonder why...?
i would have thought you get better vision from one of these than the other types ive seen....

ok, i'm off to search for sprintzel photographs....
Andy Phillips

Have a look on this google search. Plenty of pics here.

http://tinyurl.com/d7pfaw9
Lawrence Slater

How tall is John?
Trevor Jessie

Was about 6'3-6'4 I seem to remember perhaps not quite so tall now. See next month's Mascot for a special announcement regarding John ;0)
frogeye Gary

a few pictures there, they seem to be popular on big healeys....
i'll carry on anyway... cross between the one from the picture and a dan dare type with lasers etc at the back....
Andy Phillips

Or something like this:
http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/images/bbs/posts/110_201010100928132773_51626476705034_1287267849.jpg
Trevor Jessie

This thread was discussed on 22/04/2013

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