Storage Ideas for Removable Car Hardtop

[jack bacon]

I have a removable hardtop for my Sunbeam Alpine and would like to store it at ceiling level. I was thinking of a couple of ideas:

1. An 4' X 5' shelf about 18" down from the ceiling- it would be awkward to liftup the top while on a step ladder(weighs about 60#) and slide into the shelf.

2. A nice piece of heavy duty webbing with rings on each corner. Lay the top on the webbing and then pull it up with a pulley system. Any source for webbing?

3. Any other ideas?

Thanks, Jack

 

[REFLEXX]

There are those hoist kits specifically made for hardtops. Nothing more than some pullies, blocks, hooks and rope.

 

[scannon]

A friend of mine duplicated the rear attachment points for a Miata hardtop on a wall in his garage and now hangs the hardtop from the wall vertically with the rear of the hardtop at the top. One person can put it up there and take it down, but it is much easier with two people. I would estimate a Miata hardtop weighs about 40#.

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[Gummi Bear]

Something like a Jeep hardtop hoist would do what you're asking. You'll want to modify it to work with your car (if you have rain gutters, it'll be a snap)

http://www.tellico4x4.com/product_i...27783?osCsid=81c8a76963ea85d4b26b4e2671176c96

 

[JohnZ]

I've had several Corvettes with hardtops over the years, and I was never able to find either a pulley-lift arrangement or a stand-it-up-in-a-rack device that wouldn't damage or deform the weatherstrips. It's been my experience that few Corvette hardtops really get used anyway (although they're a bonus at sale time); mine have gone to the basement and been stored upside-down on a blanket, covered with a sheet to keep the dust off, and stayed there until the car was sold.