Paul
I have a hardtop for my 71. I'm assuming that yours is (a) a factory
model, & (b) that it mounts like mine does. There are 2 bolts that go up
through the windshield frame & into the captive nut in the hardtop
itself. The rear bolts are located where your soft top attaches to the
car underneath the rear window. I have always undone the sidebolts for
the softtop first (there are 2 per side) & folded the top over the rear
to expose the bolts. When they indicate whether to leave the softtop
attached, my guess is that one would still have to unfasten the rear deck
bolts so that the hardtop would sit flush on it (the deck). This would
still leave the sidebolts attached, which would eliminate the need to
balance the frame on top of your head while reattaching it.
Hope this is helpful!
Cheers!
Andy H.
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:49:37 -0600 "Mostrom, Paul"
<Mostrom.Paul@principal.com> writes:
>Now that I have acquired a hard top for my '77 1500 I need some
>help/info. I
>know I still need to get the mounting hardware and that seems to be
>available
>through Vicki Brit or Spitbits (probably some others). The Hanyes
>manual
>shows 6 mounting points for a hardtop, but looking at the catalogs, I
>can
>only see 2. Looking at the top I see the mounting points back by each
>1/4
>window, nothing along the windshield or across the back under the back
>window
>(like it shows in the Haynes manual).
>
>1> Can some one out there fill me in on how this thing attaches?
>2> Vicki Brit lists two types of mounting posts, one with and one
>without a
>soft top installed. Just what does that mean? Can the soft
>top be left
>on when the hard top is installed?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul Mostrom
>'77 Spitfire 1500
>
>'Black holes, where God divided by zero......'
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