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marsie:
I have got early 110 doors with wolf tops on my 90.The difference between these tops and series tops are that on the wolf/early 110 versions-both glasses move whereas on series tops only the back glass slides.
Early 110/wolf door tops are like rocking horse sh*t to find and are £££££s to buy,but very popular on winch challenge cars due to the light weight
Paul :twisted:

tonycougar:
Mine don't look like that, never mind

Litch:
"The early window winding doors are also in two pieces I beleive, but dont quote me on that.... "

The early wind-up doors (lift-up handle type) weren't two piece but they had a stick on capping to give the impression they were.

The all alloy door-tops are a great improvement on the Series types if only for the reason that both pieces of glass move but the studs still rot and need replacing if the top isn't to wobble in the same way the old ones did. Someone (was it Rocky Mountain?) was selling SS studs to replace the original ones, mine were in need of replacement when I sold them for silly money (far more than they were worth but the buyer was happy!).

marsie:
the problem is-for challenge vehicles,both glasses need to slide because the punch card is often attached to the dash,so to reach round the glass wouldnt be possible on the days when its neccesary to have the door tops on
But on the days when the tops are off,the doors only weigh a fraction of the wind up doors :wink:

Therefore alloy door tops are very sought after and fetch good money
Paul :twisted:

marsie:

--- Quote from: "tonycougar" ---Mine don't look like that, never mind
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Unfortunately,neither do mine any more :oops:  :oops:
Paul :twisted:

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