I bought the hardtop for driving schools; I like the idea of the extra protection. Therefore it is not on the car often, and when it is, it is only on for about three or four days at a time, thus the challenge of where and how to store it. I do not yet live in a situation where a hoist is a solution so I needed a stand because it takes up too much space sitting flat on the floor.

Honda wants something like $600 dollars for their stand, HandA sells a Porche stand for $200 and the Honda for $460, but those are too much in my book, hell that could be the price of a set of track tires! For the record I spent less than $35 for the one I made. That includes five 12 foot long 2x4s, 2 boxes of wood screws and spray paint, the coasters were free, I took them off an old metal bed frame.

As far as the design was concerned, this was my biggest challenge. The Porsche style stand shown on HandA

 

Doug, great idea . I am a big diy person also. I enjoy the challenge of figuring out something for myself.

Do you have something to secure the front? A simpe bunge cord should work perfectly .

 

Nice work Doug!

 

I might have to make one myself too. I might add a vertical rubberstrap or something so that it wouldn't accidently tip over.

Very nice!

 

Thanks!

The front lip of the hardtop (bottom edge in stand) is secured in place by two small blocks screwed to the bottom; they are sort of hiding under the blanket. These keep the bottom edge from slipping forward. The top sits at enough of an angle that it is resting on the back wooden supports. You would have to yank on the top VERY hard to get it to fall out. It is the angle that I have it sitting at that makes the magic. No tie-downs are required, it really is amazing.

 

I figured the angle was such that it would be difficult to tilt it out of the holder, but I would be concerned about things going bump in the night, so to speak...I would look at a blanket or something over the front to prevent scratches, just in case.

 

Doug,

It looks great. I put together a temporary one last summer and it worked fine, but this winter I'm thinking of something more permanent. You may also want to check out .

Skip

 

Ah yes, but if I left that on the pics would have been rather boaring of my old comforter......

My plan is to get some polar fleece and attach it to the top, sides and back with velcro. Not only will this protect the top but it will keep the dust out.

 

I dropped both of these threads into the FAQ section.

 

Great idea Marco, thanks!

After reading through the other thread I will say my pics do not show how the top rests against the back of my wood stand. Getting a nice solidd contact patch that did not jeporsize the rubber seals or plastic trim was impoortand to me, and has been accomplished.