Can anyone tell me what this top is for? It appears to be for a 2 seater. I tried to open it be it would not open. The header bar is wood. The latches and handles may be helpful in identifying. The top may even be for a foreign car. Thanks in advance for the help. Dave Gray
Two of us tried to open it but were unsucessful. Sometimes conv. tops won't open unless they are bolted into a car.
VW Karmann Ghia, guess around ~ '62. I still have the whole latching assembly from my old one that I carson-topped (sorta). Marcus...
I looked at some Ghia tops on google images and saw some similarities and several differences. I think it is likely a Ghia top.
Dave, go on Samba, there's a Ghia section. It looks about the right size for Ghia. I THINK VW always used glass for back windows. And I, using my last brain cell, don't think VW ever used a white convertible top until the triple white '76.
Not hard to have a replacement made ... & the old tops didn't seem to last that long anyways, at least if they were actually used. That material looks a lot thicker than the beat-up-by-the-time-I-got-it(~10 yrs old) oem one I had, but also doesn't have much padding inside the top like I remember mine did. Aero-Kroil work really well to loosen rusty/stuck joints/etc. Would help to bolt or lock the bottom of the rear bows to something solid, ( a 2x12 board that someone could stand on?) before you extend the top, so's you're not trying to spread two loose movable objects. IIRC, the top isn't "loose", it's kinda stiff anyways, so not on the car would make it more difficult to operate. Marcus...
Doug I did look at some photos on the Samba site, and I did find a photo of a similar top. This top has two handles (which may have been added) and the photo on Samba has no handles. Dave
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