Don,
My Dad did this for the top on my Mom's '55 T-Bird. It's been a while,
but if I recall,
he made a cradle of polyester ropes. I think flat straps might work
better. I don't
know about stabilizing it in the air ... you could run a couple of
straps from the top
to a wall and pull it up a little and let gravity stabilize it.
Anyway, it's a practical idea, just depends on how fancy you want to get.
bs
Don Manning wrote:
>I am looking for a practical way of storing my hardtop in a garage that is
>already crowded. I am wondering about devising a pulley system from the
>ceiling of my garage that I could use to lift the hardtop up and suspend it
>from the ceiling of the garage, out of the way of the overhead door. My
>idea is to raise it up out of the way when not in use, but I am unsure as to
>how to keep it stable while it hangs in the air.
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>Has anyone tried this and if so, could you share your ideas of the best way
>to put this together and make it work properly? Right now it is tilted up
>against a wall and has to be moved frequently to get at other things.
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>Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>
>
>
>Don Manning
>
>963 Stayte Road
>
>White Rock, BC
>
>V4B 4Y7
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>604.531.7102
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