Do you have the correct top bows? The top bow should have the springs
compressed in order to install the top. Brad
Mike Maclean wrote:
> Oh well, who needs a top anyway.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
> Larry Cogan wrote:
>
> > Mike: In the bits and pieces that came with my Bugeye was a NIB Amco
> > tonneau. Six years old, apparently. It turned out to be about two
> > inches short in length and about 1/2 inch short in width. Put it on
> > the driveway on a hot Florida summer (redundant?) day. When it was
> > hot enough to burn my hands I "made it" fit using pliers and obscene
> > force. As it cooled down it ripped out one of the snap posts from the
> > body and the center zipper seperated. It is still too short by the
> > same dimensions and still looks NIB cept for the zipper. Good luck.
> > Larry.
> >
> > Mike Maclean wrote:
> >
> > Wednesday, September 20, 2000 1:29 AM
> >
> > > ...... Last but not least, I tried to install the Amco top I got at
> > a
> > > British car swap meet a couple of years ago, brand new in the box.
> > It
> > > had been sitting in that box, sent from M*** to the gentleman I
> > bought
> > > it from over 15 years ago! I locked my top bows in the retracted
> > > position and then tried to install the rear retainer bar in the slot
> > in
> > > the rear of the top. The only openings for it are the triangular
> > ones
> > > that expose the bar to the chrome escutions on the rear deck. The
> > slot
> > > extends past these openings just enough to equal the length of the
> > > retainer bar. How the heck are you supposed to put it in there
> > without
> > > cutting a slit in the pocket? Just to test fit the top, I stuck the
> > bar
> > > in one of the triangular openings and slid it through until it
> > stuck
> > > out the other traingular opening. About 4 inches at either end
> > stick
> > > out. I slid the front bar in the pocket at the front of the top and
> > > tried to pull it over the windshield to tuck it around and under the
> > lip
> > > on the windshield frame. It seems to be an inch to an inch and a
> > half
> > > too short! How do you stretch these things?
> > > It's going to take a couple of days just to figure out and work
> > the
> > > problems I created just working on the car today! This isn't a
> > > restoration, it's subtle torture to drive me insane.
> > > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> > >
> > >
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