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Here is one: https://www.allantestore.com/product_p/hthoist.htm

I built one using 2-inch wide straps, one wrapped front to back, and the other side to side, then meeting at the top. (takes a little adjustment to get the top balanced so it goes up straight). I used a boat hitch winch attached to the garage wall, then a few pulleys then down to the top. Pretty simple, but it worked. You can purchase on eBay a nice set designed for the Allante. And, you can get a small electric winch from Harbor Freight that work well, and eliminate the hoist and pulleys. Just depends on how much you want to spend.

Nice car, you will love it. I had a 1990 Allante for 5 years, drove it 50k miles with the top down. No regrets. I think I see a roof hoist in your future....

Thanks for sharing your story. My first Reatta was a 1988 that I bought in 2002. I drove it trouble free until 2005 when I decided I needed a convertible. I purchased a 1990 Allante with 65k miles, drove it for five years and sold at 111k miles. The 200hp 4.5 was really a nice motor for this car, but I found a ’93 with the 4.6 Northstar…Wow! What a fast car, ahhh but head gasket problems. That moved me into a 2000 Mercedes SL 500. A really nice car, never should have sold it but I got tired of removing the hardtop, so I thought I needed a hardtop convertible. Sold the 2000 after 6 years and purchased a 2003 with the retractable hardtop. A really nice car until…..The ABC hydraulic ride system started failing. Every few weeks a leak then the hoses started bursting. What a nightmare. At 71, I thought maybe my convertible days are over. I really enjoyed each one, and used them as a daily driver. Then, looking at Craigslist a week after selling the SL, I find a ’90 Reatta convertible listed with only 77k miles. Second owner since 1997. He had purchased with 55k miles and kept it in storage most of the time. Two trips to California from Oklahoma. He kept a gas mileage log and had recorded ever fill up since the day he purchased. From 2011 to the day I purchased he had only driven the car 2100 miles. The tires were date coded in 1998. Great tread but I replaced the second day I owned the car. He was asking $5500 which seemed reasonable, but the A/C didn’t work. He had a repair estimate from 2017 that stated the compressor was bad. So, I offered $4000 and he took it. Good price? Bad price? I don’t know. Seems good to me. A trip to the shop and $803 later the A/C was repaired plus an electrical problem fixed. Now everything works like a charm. I’ve had the car about four weeks and put about 1500 miles of driving around town. The only negative I see on this car is the horsepower. It should have had the supercharged motor. Getting the power up over 200 hp would have been great. Plan to drive it about 250 miles today for a small day trip. This may be my last convertible, who knows, but I do plan to enjoy it every day.