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This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 61. Chapters: Automotive body parts, Axles, Component suppliers, Gearboxes, Gears, Parts, Tracks, Transmission, Tyres, Vehicle parts, Winches, Hardtop, Running board, Wing mirror, Albion, Axle, Eaton Corporation, Kirkstall Forge, ZF, Iveco, Alternator, Article Format, Axle, Belt pulley, Bosch, Chassis, Coupling, Crankshaft, Differential, Disc brake, Drawbar, Fifth wheel coupling, Flywheel, Four-stroke engine, Gearbox, Hitch, Injector, Power Take Off, Pre-selector gearbox, Radiator, Retarder, Roadless Track system, Skid unit, Tow hitch, Turbocharger, Wheel types, Allison Transmissions, Continuously variable transmission, Eaton Corporation, Self-Changing Gears Limited, Semi-automatic transmission, Torque converter, ZF, Bicycle gearing, Epicyclic gear, Caterpillar track, Roadless Track system, Rotapeds, Allison Transmissions, Chain drive, Differential, Hydrostatic transmission, Tyre, Frame, List of auto parts, Boughton, Charles M. Hesford & Co., Fairey Winches Ltd, Gar Wood, Hyster, Winch. Excerpt: A hardtop is a term for a rigid, rather than canvas, automobile roof. It has been used in several contexts: detachable hardtops, retractable hardtop roofs, and the so-called pillarless hardtop body style. Among the modern body designs is the two- or four-door hardtop that typically "does not have a center pillar" and requires additional reinforcement compared to similar sedan styles for support in rollover situations. Detachable hardtop with "porthole" side windows on a 1957 Ford Thunderbird Before the mid-1920s, 90% of automobiles had open tops, with rudimentary (if any) weather protection provided by a convertible-type canvas top and celluloid or isinglass side curtains. Some automobile bodies had roofs that could be removed during the summer and reattached during the winter, although it was a cumbersome and laborious job. By the time of World War I some automakers offered a lift-off roof, typically with a wood frame, canvas or le...
