I just finished installing a new (Robbins) top. I spent a bit of time
over the winter wire-brushing and re-painting the frame. It was well
worth the effort, since it was all peeling and rusty before, and it looks
like new now. If you pay somebody to install the top, they certainly
aren't going to refinish the frame for free!
The actual installation of the top was a bit tricky, since you
get only one chance to do some steps (like installing the fasteners).
Also, you have to really stretch it tight. Don't try installing
one on a cold day!
BTW, my top DIDN't come with instructions; I used the Porter&Williams
"Guide to..." book for my instructions.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
Obligatory weather report: It snowed for a few minutes today in NJ; yesterday
it hit 65 or so.
At 01:05 PM 4/5/00 -0400, alemen@pop.ftconnect.com wrote:
>Kevin, I recently installed a new (used original actually) soft top.
>
>If you have all the old frame and soft top then its no big problem. As long as
>all the old bits are there.
>
>Need the rivet gun and something (small nut in my case - not me) to fill the
>gap in the track on the header so that the rivet does not pull back up else
>the rubber seal won't fit in the track. I replaced a couple of the missing
>fasteners on the "new" one with ones off the old one.
>
>It's actually not that difficult. Biggest time consumer was getting the old
>glue off the parts and cleaning it up. For $300 you can buy a lot of parts!
>
>I was probably lucky in that my "new" one was already shaped for the front
>edge. I am sure that the replacemnts give instruction son how to get this
>right so that the tension on the roof is correct.
>
>Alan
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