HARD TOP FOR NORTH AMERCIAN 90'S


Land Rover are currently developing a hard top for the North American 90.

It will be made of two sided gel coated GRP in a low pressure molding 
process. It will be made of four pieces along the lines of a Series type 
hard top. there will be a roof section, including a side skylight on the 
sides. The side panels join the roof panel exactly half way up the roll 
over cage, so the side and roof panels have have half the cut out for the 
cage. The side panels have a full lenght big window in it, theredoes not 
appear any opening mechanism, just a fixed window. The side pices appear 
to wrap around at the rear , just like the series panels and have a small 
window either side of the tailgate. the rear door upper piece is the last 
panel. According to the pictures i have and the description it is a 
horizontally hinged piece that is hinged to the roof section and lifts up 
after the tailgate has been swung away.

To me this was pretty predictable for a number of reasons.

The North Amercian Standard (NAS as Land Rover call it) 90 has had 
problem in getting of the lot. To potential buyers the idea of an 
insecure vehcile is not going over well, in addition the road noise of 
the soft top is a constant feature of just about test review of the 
vehcile.

There are a number of refinements to be done but this is basically the 
final version.

The colour of the hard top will be similar to that of the current soft 
top, a kind of graphite grey black. It will retail for about $3000 and 
will be available in the fourth quarter LR say.

All these details are subject to fine tuning and change of course.

I understand from another sources that the next model year of 90's might 
have a hard top fitted as standard and that it will be aluminum and will 
be painted the same colour as the rest of the vehcile.


BTW the GRP version is designed to fit with all of the roll cage 
structure intact.

Regards

Robin Craig
Ottawa , Ontario, Canada.



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Robin Craig, rc@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca
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