Re: SER1 Hardtop available.

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No, the doortop is not quite as big, and rear side doors are about as rare
anyway, but it should be possible to salvage from front doortops.  To respond to
what Martin says about the three door hinges being the same as the drivers door,
well I'm not so sure. On all the 107SW I know the answer is true, but on all the
86SW it is not .  The 86SW are all early ones and they have the 80 hinge
configuration, so the two bottom hinges are in mirror image rather than parallel
to each other.  I'm probably explaining it  rather badly but if you look at
photographs you will see what I mean.  The early drawings of the "new 86"" had
the front doors with this 80"hinge arrangement, but I'm not sure if they ever had
it in reality.

Tom C.

lrnick@xxxxxxxx.xxx wrote:

> Hi there
>
> Having a 107SW, I've often wondered, but never checked if the rear
> door-top is
> the same as the rear side door-tops on the 107SW.  It would be logical
> if they
> were - LR wouldn't have to make another specia; frame etc.
>
> Regards
>
> Nick Chinery
>
> MARTIN wrote:
>
> > The three door hinges are also exactly the same as the drivers door. There
> > is some slight difference in the body tub door posts compared to the
> > tailgate. The handle and mechanism is the same apart from the inside which
> > has a verticle bar to open, running in a short slot on the door top instead
> > of the normal lift up type. But again this is easy to make.
> > Cheers.
> >  Martin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tomas Christie
> > To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: SER1 Hardtop available.
> >
> > I have looked into the making of a rear door and as Martin says it is quite
> > possible and simple with the cutting and welding and re-galvanising of old
> > door tops.  My real input here is to add to Anthony's idea of making a new
> > Alpine light from Perspex and to point out that actually that would be
> > correct as they were originally perspex.  Also to say that someone ought to
> > save the top because the tropical tops are quite hard to find, particularly
> > undamaged if it is.
> > Tom Christie.
> > MARTIN wrote:
> >   Remember the bottom half of the rear door is exactly the same as the
> > bottom half of the offside door! The top half is almost the same as the
> > drivers door again, without the angle bit against the screen, so a rear dor
> > is not impossible to fabricate.RegardsMartin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Forwyn@xxx.xxx
> > To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:20 AM
> > Subject: Re: SER1 Hardtop available.
> >  Hi Ian, I rang about the hardtop but regrettably there seems to be no rear
> > door with it. The guy went to look and disappeared for about 5 mins but
> > couldn't find it, although it used to have one as it was their own vehicle
> > at one time. Also if the alpine window is missing this may be a problem, as
> > I think they're quite a bit longer on the 86" than the modern ones and it's
> > unlikely they're still available. Although it would be possible to make a
> > perspex one, I suppose. So I think I'll leave it alone, with it being 90
> > miles away an' all, but thanks for bringing it to attention. Regards,
> > Anthony
> >
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