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Open to very low offers but you'd need to either collect or cover the carriage cost due to the bulk.

The hood fabric has 3 small wear holes. It could be repaired by any hood (or tent) specialist - or you could just discard the hood and use the perfectly good frame

The hood frame is complete, works well and is rust free..

Happy to swap for a couple of cans or bottles if it's any use but it would need to be collected by yourself or courier from Essex.

the zip up rear window has gone to another owner. Frame is still around though

I keep a spare frame rear cross bar.
When driving in southern Europe with temperatures in the upper 30s, I roasted under the black hood or toasted with it down even with the AC.
The answer was to use the silver hardtop which reflects the sun but restricts the luggage space.
Now I remove the hood, fit the rear rail and the hardtop. On arrival, the top comes off and the full Tonneau goes on.
Geoff F

What is the advantage of removing the softtop itself but fitting a spare rear bar ? Is it to free up space on the rear shelf and does the bar need to be in place to support the two rear hardtop hooks ?

The Hardtop sits on the rear rail of the Softop. This rail must be fitted in order to clamp the HT. I got a damaged ST from a Scrappy, stripped the rail from it and job done.
Having retired in 2001, we used the car extensively for trips around Europe (Spain,Portugal, Switzerland and Scandanavia).
Cool,Comfortable and Quiet and plenty of storage behind the seats. The AC helps.