I had an old Brit and I can tell you the reason for the hard top vs the soft. The soft top is great in summer to keep you dry in the ran and still be easy to put down when it's nice. You can even leave in the rain and put it down later and not have to run home so you have some place to leave the hard top.

The hard top is great in winter since , as long as the weather stripping is good, keeps the cold out much much better than the rag top. The rag top also tends to be drafty and the hard top isn't.

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