Hard Top

[gun metal]

Is it possible making a Hard Top for a wedge, I want to drive in the winter without water in the car.
If someone know's an addres let me know.
thanks

[redwedge5]

It all my years ownership of TVRs I've never heard about or come across an hard top for the wedge. I think the reason is there is already a semi hard top design in place and to fit a complete hard top you would have to unbolt and remove the rear folding part etc.
Interesting to hear if anyone knows different.

[jmorgan]

Mine doesn't leak. Do you know where the water is comming in?

[mikeb]

There was a guy doing hard tops for Chimps and Griffs, try searching the threads on those forums to get his contact details.

MikeB

[dickymint]

Drill some holes in the floor!

>> Edited by dickymint on Sunday 21st August 12:32

[wedg1e]

The chap at tvrcarparts was telling me that they have the factory mould for the hardtop that TVR designed but never produced...

[streaky]

gun metal said:

Is it possible making a Hard Top for a wedge, I want to drive in the winter without water in the car.

Why? You will not get the true Wedge experience. Try overtaking lorries in a torrential downpour (with the hood down, of course) when they are throwing up a bow-wave like the QM2 at full chat ... then you'll know what "water in the car" really is! A303 two years ago ... and the carpets still haven't dried out - Streaky

[jvaughan]

streaky said:

gun metal said: Is it possible making a Hard Top for a wedge, I want to drive in the winter without water in the car. Why? You will not get the true Wedge experience. Try overtaking lorries in a torrential downpour (with the hood down, of course) when they are throwing up a bow-wave like the QM2 at full chat ... then you'll know what "water in the car" really is! A303 two years ago ... and the carpets still haven't dried out - Streaky

Can beat that .. Le Mans 2001 3" of water in footwells with the roof on!!... actually did drill a hole in the floor to drain the water out.
A week in La Rochelle afterwards dried the car out though.

[jimbob350ifhc]

get yourself a 350i fhc!!!!!!!

[gun metal]

jimbob350ifhc said:

get yourself a 350i fhc!!!!!!!

that's not a seac pale, I wanna drive the seac the hole year if it.s okay to you. maybe a cerb is an option.

[gun metal]

dickymint said:

Drill some holes in the floor! >> Edited by dickymint on Sunday 21st August 12:32

Let's try with yours Dicky.

[Gandalf]

wedg1e said:

The chap at tvrcarparts was telling me that they have the factory mould for the hardtop that TVR designed but never produced...

If anyone knows how to get hold of this mould please let me know as I have all the facilities and materials on hand to produce the GRP item.

[suffolkfox]

Gandalf, would have thought obvious answer is talk to TVRCarParts and offer to make a couple to sell and use your share of the proceeds to pay for one for yourself?

[chassis 33]

Pat Smith in the TVRCC Chalenge has a glass fibre hard top on his car, including air ducts to cool the rear brakes, its a bit rough and ready but does the job.

See www.tvrcc-challenge.com/html/drivers.html

Might be worth giving Richard at Moore Racing a shout?

Also there is a company making hard tops for Chimaeras now, do a search of the Chimaera forum in the past 6months, they may be interested in developing a Wedge varient!

Regards
Iain

[JR]

wedg1e said:

The chap at tvrcarparts was telling me that they have the factory mould for the hardtop that TVR designed but never produced...

Does anyone have a photo of this?

[SEvans]

redwedge5 said:

I think the reason is there is already a semi hard top design in place and to fit a complete hard top you would have to unbolt and remove the rear folding part etc.

I would have thought this is the biggest problem. I am sure it would be possible to make a hard top but I wouldn't want to remove the back section too many times. The piece of trim around the bottom is held on with self tapers into the fiberglass. removing these a few times would soon strip out the thread. I guess it would be possible to graft in some nuts but it would still be quite a job swapping the two over.

[adam quantrill]

I was thinking of making a hard top rear section but only for security purposes - it would fit over the canvas top and prevent 'forced entry from the rear' ;^)

With a few hinges it could live in the boot until needed. However my idea wasn't to improve waterproofing - if leakage is a problem try some water seal on the fabric and make sure the targa rubber seals are working OK.

[timpailthorpe]

dickymint said:

Drill some holes in the floor!

or wear wellies

[ElvisWedgely]

I came across this post when doing a search and have always wondered what it would be like to have a removable hard top for the winter for the Wedge. I would be very interested in having one. My car doesn't leak but it would be good for the winter and for security. Ideally though, I would want it to go over the existing folded back section for practability. Any thoughts???

Tony. TCB.

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

ElvisWedgely said:

I came across this post when doing a search and have always wondered what it would be like to have a removable hard top for the winter for the Wedge. I would be very interested in having one. My car doesn't leak but it would be good for the winter and for security. Ideally though, I would want it to go over the existing folded back section for practability. Any thoughts???

Tony. TCB.

The fold back is only held on by 3 screws at the back and one on each side (AFAICR). so would be a lot easier, to change them to a different quick fitting fastener so the hard top would go onto the GRP for a better seal.

The 400SE and 350 targa panels are slightly different size so not sure if one could be made to fit both.

but It's something that I sometimes think about.