Another route that I have seen in Moab UT during the Easter Jeep Safari with Scramblers is to use a CJ7 top, and I have seen both hard and soft tops done this way. It is a simple alternative to the difficulty of finding a Scrambler top which can be a problem.
You end up with a small exterior pick-up bed behind the top which is good for storing coolers and other things that can live outside.
I have to confess the last time I was there was in 2001, but I had a a group of 5-6 Scramblers parked next to me in a parking lot and all of them had the CJ7 top setup. These were all high end Jeeps with nice machinery conversions, and paint jobs. I thnk they were all from Colorado.
The biggest problem with buying hard tops is the shipping issue. Jeff's tops can be shipped "knocked down" which should should cut the cost of shipping a bunch, but in my case, the next problem becomes the doors. Steel doors don't fit my fibreglass 4WD Hardware body very well. I have been trying to find a set of Fiberglass doors which are kind of hens teeth. Nobody is making fiberglass doors any more, and it seems that everyones reason is that there are plenty of steel doors out there. Well this doesn't work for me.
I guess I'll just have to make my own.
Oh,,, and please don't send me the listing for the Lime Green doors on Craigs List in Atlanta. The guy is a complete flake !!! Offered to sell me the doors for $350 said we had a deal. Wouldn't/couldn't get it together to package them to ship, won't return phone calls or answer phone. Says he's a pilot,,, Not flyin' with him !!! Got no use for people who won't do what they say !
Randy
Maybe you could work on a "hard" tonneu cover at some point too?
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