hard top pricing

[KevinH1990]

Originally Posted by mikefocke

A recent hardtop went on eBay for $610 in pretty good shape. Normally, they go for $1200-1400 in the winter. Nobody want to ship one.

A strategy I've seen work is to see if someone selling an older car on eBay with a hardtop would like to sell the hardtop separately so as to lower the price of the car.

I'm the guy who bought the $610 hard top, and I was very lucky. The seller was auctioning it on eBay with the auction ending on July 3rd - not exactly the time when most people are looking for one. He wouldn't ship it, so the market was essentially limited to the people who would drive to South Carolina and pick it up.

By the way, it was in nearly perfect condition, not "pretty good shape".

I think that $1000-1500 is a more reasonable expectation for a price. I used Mike's suggestion on buying a top from a car for sale to locate several other possible tops before I pulled the trigger on an the top I bought. Persistence is necessary.

Good luck in your search. If you buy a top from Brandywine, just ask if it will fit your year. They'll know.