It weighs in at about 84#

All hardtops come with a porthole on each side of the top.  The Neiman Marcus edition is the only hardtop with an etched logo (Thunderbird) in the porthole glass.  All other hardtop portholes are "plain". 
 

Judging from a TSB that came out on the early 04 models, there might be a slight difference on the interior of some 2004 hardtops as some have been known to scrape the softtop when in place on the car.  This'll have to be researched some more ie - I'll need to make photo comparisons someday.

Just about all of the body colors have been available with the same color hardtop.  The only exceptions have been the Special Editions for 2002 to 2004.  The Evening Black Neiman Marcus came with a Satin Silver hardtop, the Coral 007 Edition came with a Performance White hardtop, and the Monterey Mist Pacific Coast Roadster came with an Ash hardtop.

Most of the standard body colors have also  been available with a Performance White or an Evening Black hardtop.  There have been exceptions to that, too.

• For 2002 and 2003 - the exception was Whisper White which could be ordered with a Whisper White Hardtop or an Evening Black hardtop - no other color even though any of the other body colors would have looked good with the Whisper White color such as the 02 yellow, red, or 02 Thunderbird Blue or 03  Mountain Shadow Grey or 03 Desert Sky Blue.
• For 2003 - The Performance White was not available on the Mountain Shadow Grey
• For 2004 - The Performance White hardtop was not available on the Merlot, nor the Light Ice Blue, nor the Platinum Silver.
• and the Evening Black Hardtop was not available on the Light Ice Blue - the first main color that the black has not been available on.
• For 2005 - The only colors that the Performance White hardtop is allowed on is the red or the black bodies and Inca Gold.
• Inca Gold - white hardtop only available with the partial white interior.
• the Evening Black hardtop is limited to the Red, Black, and Silver on the 05s - none of the new 05 colors.  [ed note - I thought it's weird that the black is not an optional color for the new gold looking bronze color - would have looked sharp especially paired with the light sand interior.

• Other hardtop exceptions were due to interior color choices such as the Performance White top was not "allowed" on the 03 Desert Sky Blue IF it had the partial whisper white seats.

On the bright side though, the Platinum Silver hardtop was available on the Evening Black 2005 T-birds.

I will be adding photos to this page -- of the hardtops, the handles, the "shelf", the header,  and the liners, and where it fastens down to the car. 
Eventually, there'll be a soft top page to cover similar topics.

2002: 2W6J-19G17-AA - quick reference guide

2003:3W6J-19G217-CB - quick reference guide
........3W6J-19G421-AB - hardtop interactive guide

2004: 4W6J-19G217-CA - quick reference guide

An online version of the Hardtop booklet (quick reference guide) is available for a FREE download from:
http://www.motorcraftservice.com >owners guides (left hand column) > select year and model (2003 or newer - manual works for all years) > select quicck reference guide #1 (1.5MB download) or select quick reference guide #2 - 4.5MB download so will take a bit to download
 

Hardtop tool:  4W6Z-76502F08
or use this less expensive replacement:  T40 torx driver

             http://removabletops.com carries a hardtop cart

(1) www.eztop.com 
(2) www.topcaplift.com - to view a couple of installations go here ( must be yahoo member to view now - new rules) 
(3) http://removabletops.com