RE: [ihc] Interchangeable Travel Tops?

["Mac @ TRIAD" <mac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

## >> I have a 1971, Scout 800B and have the opportunity to pick up
## >> a travel top
## >> from a 1965 Scout. Will the '65 Scout top fit my 1971 Scout?
## >> Are there any
## >> particular considerations I need to know?
## >>
## >> I posted this question on the BB earlier this a.m. and haven't any
## >> responses, so I'm hoping you guys can help me. I'll leaving
## >> to look at this
## >> top in a few hours.

if it's a later ('64 or '65) Scout 80 top or any year 800 top, it should
fit.  i put a '67 800 top on our '70 800A.  i don't think they changed
anything on the traveltop mountings between the 800A and the 800B, and i
didn't see any differences between the top on our '68 800 and the '67 top i
put on the 800A.  the top needed some tweaking to force onto the 800A, but
that's only because the body, rollbar, and windscreen frame are badly bent.
it would have fit perfectly otherwise.

you should have no problems with that '65 top.  the problems come when you
deal with the tops from Scout 80s with the fold-down windscreen and/or
wipers at the top of the window frame.  they used a different mounting on
the top of the windscreen for the earlier model 80s.  i'm told it can be
adapted and the rest of the bolt holes are the same, but i have not verified
this in person.  good luck, let us know how it works out.

--Mac

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