Summer is here! Time for the top to come off....
I was about to post the "soft southerners had my top down for ages rant" untill i looked at the pictures of your zed one. lovely car and nice to see a picture of one the doors up, that car has tremendous lines , Enjoy the summer now the hard top is off
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Summer is here! Time for the top to come off....
Thought I'd take a couple of photos of my car with the Weismann hardtop on before I put it away for the summer.
Someone mentioned, in another thread, that there were two different models of hardtop. I have no idea which mine is but I have taken a photo of the inside.
Cheers
Paul
Someone mentioned, in another thread, that there were two different models of hardtop. I have no idea which mine is but I have taken a photo of the inside.
Cheers
Paul
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I used to have a Daimler SP250 C (aka Dart) which had both hard and soft tops and the biggest problem was making sure one didn't scratch either during fitting or removing and then keeping the hard top safe when it wasn't in use. It did make the car a lot warmer in the winter.
I have been running TVR Griffith 500's for a while now, and they are a close compromise to the hard top/soft top dilema with the changing seasons. The problem with the hard element of that roof, is that if, like me, you only put the roof up if it is raining already, or you are certain it will rain in the next bit of the journey, and me a soft southerner too, then the hard bit gets worn out while it is stowed in the boot, as all the weight is on one little bit of it. All the Griffs I have had have suffered from this. They do have other compensations....
Sharon uses her Z1 as her summer car, so that spends any time it is out and about with the roof down, but it gets cycled up-down at least a couple of time a day like that. It is such an easy roof to deploy, however, one can't possibly complain!
I have been running TVR Griffith 500's for a while now, and they are a close compromise to the hard top/soft top dilema with the changing seasons. The problem with the hard element of that roof, is that if, like me, you only put the roof up if it is raining already, or you are certain it will rain in the next bit of the journey, and me a soft southerner too, then the hard bit gets worn out while it is stowed in the boot, as all the weight is on one little bit of it. All the Griffs I have had have suffered from this. They do have other compensations....
Sharon uses her Z1 as her summer car, so that spends any time it is out and about with the roof down, but it gets cycled up-down at least a couple of time a day like that. It is such an easy roof to deploy, however, one can't possibly complain!
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Looking good! - took my Wiesmann hardtop off at Easter for my drive to the Hebrides. I don't find taking it off scratches it - mine came with a special soft cloth bag which it lives in and a hardtop stand. So it stores away quite nicely at the back of the garage.
Yes there are two versions - your's is the more expensive leather-lined one. Mine is the cheaper one which has a charcoal flock headlining.
Almost a pity as the car looks so good with it on! Certainly better than it does with the cloth top up.
What do you think:?
Hardtop:
No top:
Soft top:
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Yes there are two versions - your's is the more expensive leather-lined one. Mine is the cheaper one which has a charcoal flock headlining.
Almost a pity as the car looks so good with it on! Certainly better than it does with the cloth top up.
What do you think:?
Hardtop:
No top:
Soft top:
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Previously: 1991 Ur-grun Z1 and 1991 Traum-schwartz Z1
Previously: 1991 Ur-grun Z1 and 1991 Traum-schwartz Z1
The Griffith hardtop
In response to Alex, it doesn't seem to matter if one places the hard part of the TVR roof in the leatherette bag or not, if that is going to be theplace it spends most of its time, because the inside of the leatherette bag is actually just as abrasive as the material used for lining the boot. The biggest factor afecting this is whether one can find a suitably large sized, about a foot in diameter' neoprene pad to stick on the top lefthand edge of the boot. That works best,but eventually the material will wear through anyway.
You have to recognise that I am probably an extreme case because I really don't put the lid on the car unless it is absolutely necessary.
As for spacesaver wheels, the latest version didn't have one; just two cans of puncture repair foam. Not ideal, but on the other hand, I have not had to use them in at least the last five years.
You have to recognise that I am probably an extreme case because I really don't put the lid on the car unless it is absolutely necessary.
As for spacesaver wheels, the latest version didn't have one; just two cans of puncture repair foam. Not ideal, but on the other hand, I have not had to use them in at least the last five years.
hardtop looks gorgeous...what hapened to the wheels TeaTray, did you decide to steer clear...
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Yep, as Alex said, I used photobucket.
I didn't get round to changing the wheels before moving to Russia and therefore the car gets to stay as it is, forlorn and unused in the depths of a London garage, asides from the occasional trip if I'm back in the UK.
I didn't get round to changing the wheels before moving to Russia and therefore the car gets to stay as it is, forlorn and unused in the depths of a London garage, asides from the occasional trip if I'm back in the UK.
Currently: bereft of Z1
Previously: 1991 Ur-grun Z1 and 1991 Traum-schwartz Z1
Previously: 1991 Ur-grun Z1 and 1991 Traum-schwartz Z1