23' Sceptre complete windshield/frame and soft top with new SS tubing

[Handful in NC]

If you've gotten sticker shock when pricing a new soft top or windshield for your 23' Tsunami or Sceptre, here's your chance to upgrade at a more reasonable price, with minimal effort.

When I refurbished my '77 model a little over a year ago, the entire frame/windshield was removed and the frame cleaned, sanded, and painted with black Signature paint. The old aluminum soft top tubing was discarded and new heavy duty stainless tubing fabricated.

The frame and glass are in very good condition. The tubing is new. The soft top and its side curtains are in fair - good condition with no rips or tears. There are some scratches and a very slight amount of hazing in the plastic, but it is very serviceable and looks fine.

My plan was to eventually replace the canvas and plastic with new, but I decided I'd rather do a hard top similar to a '74 model I did a few years ago, which means everything above the top deck must go.

I'm asking $900, which is a fraction of the cost of a new windshield and/or soft top. Located in eastern NC.








Here is the enclosed '74 model. I am 6'3" and wanted to stand without hitting my head. It works great, but the height messes up the esthetics of a pretty hull. (Lots of windage too!) Since I mostly drive sitting down, I really don't need the headroom.




I plan to lower the hard top on the 77' hull about 8-10" and remove the side and front overhang. Removing the overhang will allow fabrication of the top and sides from a one piece mould, greatly reducing time and materials. The eventual goal is to make a bolt-on hard top available as a retrofit for others, at reasonable cost. Here is an edited image of the proposed design.