TopQ1967 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hi, I like to fix my hardtop to the bodywork without using any outside fixings on the rear. All sugestions welcome Q. For pictures of my hardtop here and here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Send it to me... ( I looóooove it! ) /r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_C Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Current Morgan hoods clip onto the sides of the screen frame and are then locked down at the back with clips similar to the ones on the rear of our bonnets. Would something similar help you? not sure how easy it would be to get to the inside rear through the rollcage? Cheers Tom FH54WLX see here - UPDATED again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopQ1967 Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 RJ I am sorry but this is the only one I found and have seen. I bought it a while back on EBAY. Last weekend I asked RIF if he could make me one in CF Q. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopQ1967 Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Tom Hadn't thought about bonnet clips. Good idea. Will try this option. Q. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 I saw it on eBay, but forgot about it. If RiF makes a carbon copy (pun intended) please let me know how much you want for the non CF. /regin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterhamnut Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 How about using the brackets where the rear 'legs' of the cage are bolted in the boot. You could mount a bracket off them without touching the ali skin. Either over-centre catches, or perhaps even some of those rubber 'mini' type bonnet catches? www.mycaterham.com here Videos here 101,000 miles car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Nice one. I nearly bought it, Wile 7 pointed it out. It would be good if you could make a mould from it, I reckon there may be a market. That's the top Caterham made for the Zolder endurance race.....I think it looks great! It had all the original race stickers on when you bought it, yes? And the race number? As shown here here here I bet you can literally SEE the history oozing out of it..... Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..ooooh hooo hooo!!... 😬 😬Abbey Road Time-Machine *eek* Edited by - Unclefester on 17 Sep 2007 22:20:49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setok Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I saw a nice postcard at the Caterham factory of a car with a hardtop and gull wing doors. Looked like an excellent solution if one wanted something like that. --- Kristoffer Lawson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red SLR Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I would be tempted to hinge it at the back off the rear top chassis loop and clip it at the front, then install lifting struts so you can lift the roof open easily and quickly to help getting in and out. LEJOG WEB SITE here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLR69 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Perhaps if RiF makes a carbon copy before he does he could gauge what demand there is as I would certainly buy one so it would probably pay him to make it as a regular product. It would probalby have to have variations though depending upon whether you had a full rollcage, FIA bar, etc........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red SLR Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 I wonder what the cost would be in carbon!!! LEJOG WEB SITE here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Same applies in GRP. Roof cutouts, if not full gullwing doors, would be relatively cheap to prototype, and the normal sidescreen doors could still be used. It'd be like the "easy-in" tops from Softbits, or the "Zippy" half hood from..... erm ......"Festerco" (no relation!) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..ooooh hooo hooo!!... 😬 😬Abbey Road Time-Machine *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul jacobs Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Great looking hardtop, and an interesting project for sure, but would anyone actually use if for long. Why do you think that there aren't many [hardly any, in fact] hardtops around, exactly, because Seven motoring is all about fresh air and the more the better, witness the number of aeroscreens around. You all know how awfull it is to drive the car with the hood up, why should it be better with a hardtop? Oh all right, it could be made more waterproof, and the top could be lined out with an acoustic material to stop drumming, and some permanent ventilation could be built in...........................oh hell, I'm talking myself into getting as interested as everyone else Paul J. Loud pipes save lives, but quiet ones save your hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLR69 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 On the trip to the Le Mans 24 hours this year it rained all the way there and all the way back and a lot of the time there as well and I had wished I had had a roof. Whilst a hard top just like normal wet weather gear will get limited use they would be practical for trips. If I had a hard top I certainly would have taken it to France and it would have been so useful there and back !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setok Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 SLR, normal roof wasn't enough? --- Kristoffer Lawson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLR69 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Didn't have a normal roof only a Soft Bits For Sevens half hood but at 70 mph in torrential rain on a dual carriageway I may as well have had no roof at all as the spray came in all directions. I am sure that a normal roof would of course have been much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted September 23, 2007 Area Representative Share Posted September 23, 2007 The hard top is a very interesting bit of history and there have been others too. Don't Millwoods have a model? I seriously doubt if there would be sufficient demand for a hard top - once it's on you would have to use it for the entire trip - and therein lies the disadvantage. Our original discussion here, when Wile pointed out the auction. And one here too (again that Wile fellow) And of the version to which Millwood had access here And Lardy said he wanted one here. And design specific ideas here In general the demand is minimal - bit like the 21 😳 - everyone says something like "Oh that's interesting", talks a lot about it and their money stays in their pocket! GJT Crossflow 524 returning from Arch - corrected Edited by - Golf Juliet Tango on 23 Sep 2007 13:30:18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cornford Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Have a look at AEROCATCH, which is also available with a locking option. www.aerocatch.com Sigma Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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