S2 Hardtop

PostPost by: Ianashdown » Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:46 am

Can anyone tell me how I might confirm or not if my Hardtop is a genuine article or from some other source. What features did the originals one have?

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PostPost by: cabc26b » Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:35 pm

Hard to tell from the outside pictures - parcel shelf and mounting hardware for top of windshield are clues . One easy test is how hard the fiberglass is . Orginal ones at this point will be softer than a recently molded one - I have also noticed original ones are a bit thicker than new . Rap on it with your knuckle.. duller thud is a clue to older ..

Ps not sure I helped much here .
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PostPost by: Ianashdown » Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:51 pm

It did help, thank you.

I’ll get some additional pictures today, hopefully they will define it. I suspect it’s a reproduction though, not that it matters to me.

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PostPost by: Ianashdown » Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:12 pm

Here are a few pictures of the underside.
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