Skip straight to the quesiton and avoid the ramble --> ** Using the great Mr Gosling's instructions, the removal of hardtop and fitting of soft was easy peasy. However I should have followed MHM's ad
Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:44:42 +0000
OK Bizarrely, yes. I've never really understood why Triumph didn't come up with a better solution for this. After all, the Spitfire may have been designed by an Italian (and it never rains in Italy,
I think I'll disagree with you here Mike. I believe that the flaps actually go on the inside. If you have a well fitting soft-top and window then there should be a lip just above the wound up window
I think that you and Mike are actually saying the same thing. Ayway, I've tried various ways to make the top more leak-proof. I've ran small screws through the top into the frame to hold it more secu
Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:15:36 +0000
You're not disagreeing - you're agreeing! Flaps on the inside, window on the outside. True - but there is a tiny gap at the very top corner of the window, where the corners of the door seal, soft-top
The soft top on British sports cars has always been a problem (according to period car mag articles). Depending on the direction of the wind relative to your car, speed at which you're moving and vol
One solution - Buy a GT6. Oops, wait, the rubber seals on my doors were worn, it leaked too (but not nearly as much!). Carter Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.co
Either that, or move to San Diego. ;-) One solution - Buy a GT6. Oops, wait, the rubber seals on my doors were worn, it leaked too (but not nearly as much!). Carter /// spitfires@autox.team.net maili
Or a hard top with good seals. I looked at a friends MGB yesterday as I was helping him put his softtop back on and it definitely is a better fit around the windows, and it's an earlier car than mine
Oh yeah, been a long day! me too, although Saskia hasn't got too wet this year, my garage roof doesn't leak... (grrrr) yes, and also if you are going at speed the wind catches the soft top and pulls
Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:54:28 +0000
I had to fit all new seals to my hardtop, as it came without any at all. I haven't had a single leak all winter. I suspect BL intended you to use the hard-top when it rained. I have a copy of an adve
Used to have the strangest problem with the softtop. In VERY heavy rain I used to get a glob of water that droped out from where the soft top latches are on the windscreen. The water would drop neatl
Ben, I too would love a better window seal. I'll let you know how the velcro works after the weekend. There seems to be more than enough material in the flap for the overlap, it's just not kept in pl
Uh, yes and no. Mine is pretty good in rain, but I was in for a big surprise the first time we took it through a car wash. I came out looking like a drowned rat. Jen -- ______________________________
Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:24:45 -0000
...I was in for a big surprise the first time we took it through a car wash. I came out looking like a drowned rat... So we're back to recommending a Spitfire with hard-top - I've frequently taken Da
Car washes in England? Isn't that like selling refrigerators to Eskimos^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Inuits? When did someone install car washes in old blighty. It never gets dry enough to use them does it? Cheers,
Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:40:23 -0000
Doug suggested: ...When did someone install car washes in old blighty. It never gets dry enough to use them does it?... Well, maybe not often (certainly this time of year in Scotland), but it must do
Author: Robert J Finnis <r.finnis@eim.surrey.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:16:16 +0000
in old blighty. It never gets dry enough to use them does it? It's usually dry for about a week, you end up feeling guilty about never washing the car, wash it, and it'll rain that afternoon leaving
Well, for what it's worth, my soft top leaks in exactly the same place. Usually drips onto my left leg, which is preferable to my crotch - I guess that's because of different seating positions though
After adding a piece of self-adhesive foam weatherstriping, I no longer had any issues with water coming in from the juncture of the soft-top/windshield cap plate. But I kept having a problem with a