hey guys, i have no bag for my t tops, never had one. when and if i get the bag,(can i have pix of the bag anyone????) where does it go to be stored??? it scares me to think where the previous owner left the t's when he went somewhere. How hard do u think it would be to make or have made one of these bags???

 

bags cost around 50 bucks on ebay, you should have 2 mounting brackets over your gas tank, and two more in the rear of the car protruding from the trim panel.. the bag has 4 clips, they just latch onto these brackets...

 

**** BAGS, I have invented the T-TOP Rack prototype >>

Going to be building a better abs plastic version that matches the color carpet and rear panels and blends right in within the next few weeks and be selling them.

 

my buddy got some plastic ones in his 86 TA that do the same thing as yours mike.
he also has a bag too.
i don't know how anyone would lose a bag or leave the T-tops behind.
i have been caught out on the road when i see some drops on the windsheild and i pull over put the tops on and two miles later.
its a summer storm...........
biker

 

Mike- How much will you be selling the finished product for? I'd consider buying one if the price was right.

 

Hey Mike,

I've been thinking of a similar upright-storage thing like you have going on---the bag is annoying to mess with.

It appeared to me that the well of the hatch simply wasn't wide enough to accomodate the tops---I was thinking to cut out the "shelf" on one side of the well and fabricate a larger version---there is still enough room between the frame rails to do it.

Or am I missing out on something? In your picture, it looks as if the tops are sticking up too far to close the hatch lid.

 

I hate using my bag. I've had the tops sitting exactly like how Mike has his sitting in the Iroc.

There should be plenty of clearance for the tops, as the handle area could tuck up onto the center hump of the hatch area.

 

Damn straight man the bag sucks!

That was one of my summer projects that kinda never got started. I hate using the bag too, I set mine kinda like that with a couple pieces of foam between them. I meant to make a rack, but kinda never did. I like how you did that. I'm thinking on trying one that uses metal pipes with that round foam insulation around them for padding. We'll see how it turns out. If I can't make anything decent and I like the ABS one you say you're gonna work on, I might be game for one if I can justify spending $$ on it. It'd be trick though, nobody else has got one.

 

I don't think the bag is that bad. My t-tops are in their bag right now (safely locked away in the garage for the night of course). In fact my only complaint is a tear in mine which I'll probably stitch back together if they ever let me take some time off work...

 

My 4th gen has a rack like that.. I wonder if they would hold a set of 3rd gen tops tightly enough.

-- Joe