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Michael,
Have you tried an antique car canvas shop? I have a guy near me who is a
master vintage car canvas expert who makes tops by hand and I'll have him
fit mine (needs the snaps installed) as I just know my limits. I hired him
to install the seals in my side screens. Maybe you can find a guy who can
improve yours before buying another.
Linda
62 California deep pink Sprite "Pinky"
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:48 PM Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> Has anyone bought a convertible top for their Bugeye recently? About 15
> years ago I bought a top from Little British Car Company for my 60 Bugeye.
> They get their tops from a manufacturer in the UK. After installation the
> front top bow, when extended, did not fit in the "pocket" sewn in the top
> making the it loose and look deflated. See the pictures below. One
> picture shows the top looking deflated with the front bow fully extended.
> The other picture shows the front bow pulled back a little positioning it
> in the sewn fold (pocket). If the pocket is under tension, the front bow
> will pop our place when I hit a bump or pothole in the road. Then the top
> becomes loose and flaps in the wind. In the past when I canvassed this
> list the top bows extended measured out the same as everyone else's. I
> recently bought a Robbins top from Moss and could not fit it. No matter if
> it sat in the sun for a while to relax the vinyl or not, it was too small.
> I could not even get close to getting the front bar under the windshield
> lip with the front bow folded back and the top bows retracted into
> themselves on both sides to relieve tension. The top was a full inch to
> inch and a half away from the top of the windshield. It leaves me
> wondering where to get a correct fitting top now. Where did you buy your
> last top?
> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Michael,<div>Have you tried an antique car canvas shop? I =
have a guy near me who is a master vintage car canvas expert who makes tops=
by hand and I'll have him fit mine (needs the snaps installed) as I ju=
st know my limits. I hired him to install the seals in my side screens. May=
be you can find a guy who can improve yours before buying another.</div><di=
v>Linda</div><div><br></div><div>62 California deep pink Sprite "Pinky=
"</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:48 PM =
Michael MacLean via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.ne=
t">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-l=
eft-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div d=
ir=3D"auto">Has anyone bought a convertible top for their Bugeye recently?=
=C2=A0 About 15 years ago I bought a top from Little British Car Company fo=
r my 60 Bugeye. They get their tops from a manufacturer in the UK.=C2=A0 Af=
ter installation the front top bow, when extended, did not fit in the "=
;pocket" sewn in the top making the it loose and look deflated.=C2=A0 =
See the pictures below.=C2=A0 One picture shows the top looking deflated wi=
th the front bow fully extended.=C2=A0 The other picture shows the front bo=
w pulled back a little positioning it in the sewn fold (pocket).=C2=A0 If t=
he pocket is under tension, the front bow will pop our place when I hit a b=
ump or pothole in the road.=C2=A0 Then the top becomes loose and flaps in t=
he wind.=C2=A0 In the past when I canvassed this list the top bows extended=
measured out the same as everyone else's.=C2=A0 I recently bought a Ro=
bbins top from Moss and could not fit it.=C2=A0 No matter if it sat in the =
sun for a while to relax the vinyl or not, it was too small.=C2=A0 I could =
not even get close to getting the front bar under the windshield lip with t=
he front bow folded back and the top bows retracted into themselves on both=
sides to relieve tension.=C2=A0 The top was a full inch to inch and a half=
away from the top of the windshield.=C2=A0 =C2=A0It leaves me wondering wh=
ere to get a correct fitting top now.=C2=A0 Where did you buy your last top=
?<div dir=3D"auto">Mike MacLean</div></div>
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