Steve Pike’s Repro Hardtop
Posted by Michael on 07 May 2008 at 05:54 am | Tagged as: Healey Stuff
When we were in Victoria in March 2008 we stayed with long time friends Steve and Helen Pike in Bacchus Marsh. Steve has a Healey shop which specializes in Healeys with a particular emphasis on 100Ss!!!
He has restored many Healeys and the quality of the work he produces is second to none.
While we were there Steve showed me a prototype of the reproduction factory hardtop which he is now producing. I felt that it looked very good and Steve says that the production versions will look even better as they have done some more finishing on the mould since this prototype was produced.
Steve can be contacted at mclassic@bacchusmarsh.net.au
Here are some detail pictures. I will look for some more and add them when I find them.
Michael,
several years ago we supplied a 2-seat hard top to Steve Pike these tops were designed and produced by my Healey shop along with 100/4, 4-seat and BJ8 roofs, he then took great pride in ripping off my roof and selling it as his own product,much to my dismay!
if this is a 100/4 roof then i can only guess that it is one of mine or he has re-shaped one into a 100/4 style. please check out my web site, we have been supplying these roofs around the world and to Healey shops for years.
Pete Farmer
I have a two-seater top that I bought from Nick Freeman of NICAL Engineering about five years back. Nick claims to have made the top mold up by shortening a BN6-7 top about 4″ and then going from there. It is a very nice item and I will send you a photo separately–in fact if you go to the Britsh Car Forum and find any of my posts you will see a picture of it mounted on the 100 as I am now using it as my main BCF profile image.
I had occasion to speak to Pete Farmer a few years back and he told me that Nick stole the top design from HIM, that he–Pete–is the one that made it, etc. So perhaps Pete is truly the source for what I consider to be a nice item. If so I thank him for it and am sorry he was not able to better protect his project.
Looking for a BT 7 four seater, factory style hardtop.