[BLACKJACK]

JAHRED & MR. BRUCE - - - I TRIED HOME DEPOT, J.C. WHITNEY, THE CHAIN AUTO STORES AND TWO INDEPENDANTS - - NO LUCK.

J GUNN - - - I ONLY KNOW OF ONE OTHER COBRA OWNER WITH A HARDTOP. HIS IS A MIDSTATES, I BELIEVE, AND I DON'T THINK HE HAS HAD THE PROBLEM.

THE PROBLEM WITH MINE IS THE FIT OF THE TOP TO THE SIDE CURTAINS IS VERY POOR. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT WATER IS "NOT" GOING TO RUN INTO THE CAR - UNIMPEDED. THE PROBLEM IS SERIOUSLY COMPOUNDED BY THE CONTOUR - OR LACK THEREOF OF THE TOP. IT IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SURFACE TENSION OF THE WATER CHANELS IT RIGHT INTO THE CAR. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF HARD TOPS OUT THERE. MAYBE EVERY ONE KNOWS SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

IF I HAD IT TO DO OVER AGAIN I'D KEEP THE $2500.00 IN MY POCKET. I WILL SAY THOUGH - THAT IT IS A GREAT LOOKING HARD TOP.

THE PROBLEM WAS NOT AS NOTICABLE BEFORE. I HAD ALWAYS KEPT IT IN THE GARAGE WITH THE OTHER CARS. SINCE THE EXPLOSION I'M A BIT SHORT ON GARAGE SPACE AND IT LIVES OUT BACK OF MY SONS HOUSE MOST OF THE TIME. THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN KEEP IT REASONABLY DRY IS TO TAPE STRIPS OF CLEAR VINYL TO THE EDGE OF THE HARD TOP AND THEN TO THE SIDE WINDOWS. THIS, OF COURSE, LOOKS REALLY STUPID. ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M DOING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A THUNDERSTORM LIKE YESTERDAY. IT ALSO MEANS THAT I HAVE TO PEEL THE PLASTIC AND TAPE OFF IF I WANT TO GET INTO THE CAR - - THEN I HAVE NO WAY OF RE-TAPING IT. I JUST CAN'T DRIVE IT IN THE RAIN.

AH, THE FRUSTRATIONS OF COBRA OWNERSHIP.

Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY,

BLACKJACK