- 1. Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:26:22 -0500
- Good evening list: Well, I finally got around to putting the top back up on the Midget, for the first time since April. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I couldn't get all of the fasteners
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00141.html (7,504 bytes)
- 2. RE: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 17:44:34 -0800
- I brought mine inside for a few hours, that seemed to stretch it out pretty Good evening list: Well, I finally got around to putting the top back up on the Midget, for the first time since April. Ima
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00145.html (8,222 bytes)
- 3. Re: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 21:37:47 EST
- Chuck, On my '74 I have to attach all the snaps before closing the front bar and latches. It's a bear to close too. I swear when it's time for a new top I'll put it on with at least an inch of play!
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00149.html (7,350 bytes)
- 4. Re: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 19:41:42 -0800
- Pull the top up to where the front bows are toward the windscreen, but 3 - 6 inches away. This should allow you enough slack to fasten all the rear snaps. Then park it in the sun, or put a small elec
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00153.html (8,784 bytes)
- 5. Re: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:34:37 -0800
- If all else fails, you can loosen the six bolts (three per side) where the top bows bolt to the car body. This should give you a little more slack to get everything fastened. Also, You can loosen the
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00161.html (10,116 bytes)
- 6. RE: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:40:04 -0500
- Did it fit through the kitchen door or did you have to drive it around to the patio doors? Just wondering. Paul A Re: RE: Top stretching I brought mine inside for a few hours, that seemed to stretch
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00171.html (9,444 bytes)
- 7. RE: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 21:36:52 -0800
- Getting up the stairs of the apartment building was the hardest, but the sliding door on the porch sure did come in handy. :-) Oh wait, I just took the top out of the boot and carried it up the stair
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00172.html (11,498 bytes)
- 8. Re: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 22:17:22 -0800
- I think we have a real Spridget Person here!!!!!
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00173.html (13,227 bytes)
- 9. Re: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 06:05:57 EST
- << Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I couldn't get all of the fasteners on to the studs. >> Charles: Lots of times I have to run mine without fastening the front two studs because the top w
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00175.html (7,551 bytes)
- 10. Re: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 08:11:20 -0500
- Perhaps the way I do up my top would help in your situation: Unfold the top as normal, and pull the frame up and forward about 3/4 of the way. Fasten all the rear snaps. Get in the car and pull the f
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00179.html (8,617 bytes)
- 11. Re: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 06:23:42 -0800
- You must pull harder! Seriously, this is a problem for LBCs, but it seems that you are doing the right things, be patient and keep pulling, you'll get them on. When you do , store the car , for the
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00182.html (8,611 bytes)
- 12. Re: Top stretching (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 06:54:34 -0800
- Hey don't laugh here as I know a fellow that restored a Bugeye in the house over the Winter , since he had no garage. With the help of some friends he removed the windshield and wheels , tipped the c
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg00183.html (14,211 bytes)
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