Hard Top Bracket

[mxke]

Hi:
Did all OTS's have hard top brackets installed?
Mine did not have any, so I am trying to determine if they are missing or not required unless you have a hardtop?
Car # 878380
Thanks you,
Mike

[Gerry]

Hi Mike my car has them 878269.
Regards Gerry Ontario Canada.

[mxke]

Thanks Gerry. I see our cars aren’t too far apart!
Mike

[ralphr1780]

Thanks Gerry. I see our cars aren’t too far apart!
Mike

And mine is in the middle of both

[paydase]

The early OTS did not have brackets installed for attaching the hardtops.
I think I have read here that hardtops were produced later as a factory option (maybe in 1962?) and since then brackets were installed on the OTS body.
Certainly David (Heuer) could tell us whan was that...

[Heuer]

All bar the first 51 OTS's could be fitted with the hardtop. It did take Jaguar three goes to get a 'production' version sorted though!

[paydase]

Thank you David.
So a "production version" was available from ca. March 1962, as numbers from XKEdata tell us.

Are pictures of the early pieces constituting kits A and B (brackets probably) available?

[Heuer]

None that I have been able to find. The fitting instructions would help but I don't have copies.

[mxke]

Thank you all!
I will locate some brackets.
Mike

[fats]

Mike, I have an extra set of brackets if you want them. New from SNG.
I’m in Calgary.

[mxke]

Hi Kent
Just sent you a PM.
Thanks
Mike