Miata Mailing List: December 1995, Message #90
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   From: scannon@smartlink.net (Skip Cannon)
Subject: Hardtops  Was Study to find BEST oil scientifically
   Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 22:07:36 -0500

>Now....for the required Miata content...do you really need the side clamps
>to hold down your hardtop?  I borrowed a hardtop from a fellow member (I bet
>I have the only red car around with a yellow (oh boy!) hard top!...I know..I
>know you are probably saying..who the heck would want that ungly
>combonation?????  Well.....I'm a little frugal/cheap.) and I'm not too
>excited about buying side mounts and drilling holes until I buy my own.
>Comments????????

Pete:

I have used several hardtops without the side clamps.  I don't think you
have any danger of the top flying off, but the side clamps do make the top
more secure and make the car seem tighter in the bumps.

As far as hardtop color combinations go, I had a white top on Sunkist (the
orange Miata) and a red top on my blue Miata.  I sold the white top to a
fellow with a BRG car who lived in Palm Desert and he hoped it would help
keep the interior cool.

Also, I have a friend who has a BRG top on a yellow Miata.

BTW, none of the above Miatas had the side latches.

Skip Cannon.