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sailor.jon
Far too distracted from work Joined: 02 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 361 |
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Topic: Topper removal Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 7:07pm |
i like maxims idea. tow it on the ground behind the car to the coast then sail it where u want to go, sea passage in a Topper COOL! Edited by sailor.jon |
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kerrie forster
Newbie Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jan 05 at 12:53pm |
1: Toppers are melted together when they are made so... ...just cut it up into bits and store them in little nooks and crannys in your car, then aslong as you have numbered each bit you could just melt them back together!! 2: Tape it to the roof just infront of the roof box side ways, then drive off a hill and glide there. (toppers sideways create great aerofoil shapes!) |
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mahany
Newbie Joined: 18 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jan 05 at 1:13pm |
Try an extra round trip! Cheaper than getting a tow bar & even if you borrow a trailer you would need to return it. Probably still cheaper than using a courier / shipper Just expensive in your time, but then again you get to see more of the best part of Britain i.e. Scotland |
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ChrisJ
Far too distracted from work Joined: 07 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 337 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jan 05 at 5:15pm |
I have seen a Laser on top of a MG Midget softop. A Peugeot 800 series thingy, and probably other large estate cars (Volvo 70) is quite big enough to put an Oppie in the back. Would they fit a Topper instead?
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*GM*
Posting king Joined: 19 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 122 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jan 05 at 7:43pm |
You could always just sail the roof box.......
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Harry44981!
Really should get out more Joined: 26 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 736 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jan 05 at 8:02pm |
yeh buts thats an oppie...
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Pete Cooper
Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 19 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 8:34am |
andy2000 you have a pm.
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Guest
Newbie Joined: 21 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 1:49pm |
I once transported a Topper in the back of a Cortina Estate - you couldn't shut the hatch back but it was OK for a short distance. Rick |
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Iain C
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 10:49pm |
Remove the bung and insert an industrial vacuum pump up it's bunghole (!) start vacuum and simply roll topper up like a kip-mat. Sorted. |
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Phil eltringham
Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 11:30pm |
Or, if you fill it with helium it might float, so you could use the painter to tie it to the car toe loop and hey presto - no need for a tow bar or trailer. |
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