Do you take your T-Tops?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 800
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From: Currently Buffalo NY, originally from MI
I always take mine with me. I have the original GM bags, I put one upside down, and the other right side up on top of it in the cargo area. That space isn't even being used for more than an overnight bag anyway.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 8,295
Likes: 30
From: one night in Bangkok you are never lonely
Living in the tropics you had better take them with you, no bags just use a towel between them top to top strapped in. That way you can get them on in a very short time.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 294
Likes: 10
From: Palmer Alaska
take them every time. Weather is not the only reason. security, if I have to stop somewhere. Thieves are opportunists. Kinda like taking the Glock, its habit. I know, not PC but hey I do live in Alaska.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,070
Likes: 5
From: N.Richland Hills Texas
Yes ... as far as I know.... Not sure why I waited over ten years to buy them... Went with strapping the bag on the rack for years.. Blocked what little view you had .... Ecklers ... also.. several threads in here ...
Last edited by U17; Apr 12, 2014 at 07:49 AM.
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 105
Likes: 1
From: Ventura
Ecklers sells a raincoat softtop using stock t top mounting points. Looks purty slick but at a price... 340.00usd. 68-77 and 78-82 yrs. part#A50608
here in Cali South it rarely squalls, but that canvas raincoat would be nice to have so the t tops don't get dinged.
here in Cali South it rarely squalls, but that canvas raincoat would be nice to have so the t tops don't get dinged.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,192
Likes: 7
From: Charlotte N.C
t-tops
[I learned my lesson. Went out one summer day, no tops, left them sitting in a corner of the garage and that summer ride out of no where up pops a thunder shower like the tornado off the Wizard of Oz. I am running down the hwy, looking up at the dark black clouds roar in, trying to beat them but the wind shifted and the down pour hit. I got drenched. I got off at a closer exit, a rough side of town due to a over pass bridge and thought- Solution in sight, man I am smart,,Problem 2. It was a bridge where the homeless hung out and without even turning the car off or stopping I welcomed my out door shower once again. Lesson learned. A few years later- my 1977, I removed the factory rear window and installed a pop out window from a 1971 model and since then the tops never come out. The air flow is 10x better and no free showers, no free tans.....
Richard
Richard
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,276
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From: "ɹǝpunuʍop", Adelaide, South Australia
bought the brackets from ecklers, didn't fit, so re-shaped them to work properly.
lids live on them during the summer, sun down here gets hot on the head sometimes
only problem is filling up with fuel, have to put at least 1 back on to be able to get to filler
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 6,397
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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
The only times I've taken them off I've left them at home but I rarely take them off and only if there isn't a cloud in the sky and I know I'm not going to stop and leave the car unattended.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 4,355
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From: Draper Utah
Tops come off in May and go back on in September. I store them in one of those padded suitcases in the garage. Never worried about thief as I don't leave anything of value in the car, other than the car and it's insured.
And tops on the rack are UGLY..... talk about destroying the beautiful C3 lines.
And tops on the rack are UGLY..... talk about destroying the beautiful C3 lines.
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,142
Likes: 54
From: Taylor Michigan
Tops
Why worry about the rain, you get wet whether with you or without.....all the tops are good for is to keep the rain off your face..
If I recall correctly top protection boots/bags are included in the new Vettes with some small straps to hold them secure....Try Al Knoch for the bags
If I recall correctly top protection boots/bags are included in the new Vettes with some small straps to hold them secure....Try Al Knoch for the bags
