I agree soft tops leaked in the classic era, but I'd like to use my Morgan more frequently, and for my wife to enjoy it. She always looks dapper and doesn't always want a bucket of water in her lap, nor to have to wear a deep sea diver's suit every time out.
Especially as Dave W has demonstrated a very simple fix. It would be rather perverse to insist on her getting wet just because the world used to be better in the old days.
However, I never tire of reading 'I never put the hood up', it makes threads more interesting every time it's repeated