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"Hillman - " Top frame update update...

To: <buddshillman@msn.com>
Subject: "Hillman - " Top frame update update...
From: "jon" <humbersnipe@home.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:02:06 -0700
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Forgot to specify Series I or II Minx (or Sunbeam Rapier, I think). Sorry if
I confused anybody!

Jon


> Well, I found a parts update that I'd forgotten I had -  and I just bought
> it at the Invasion!
>
> It seems the top frame changed significantly for the Series III. Both
Series
> I and II had the same frame, but with the Series III, they changed the
> header as well as the latch mechanism that locks the frame upright.  This
> puts a bit of a crimp in things.
>
> I thought I might be able to use the Ser III header, and just change the
> locating plates that guide the header into the windshield frame. No such
> luck - all the hardware specs are different according to the parts book.
> They went from  #6  machine screws to #10 machine screws, so a fair amount
> of butchery would be required to try it that way.
>
> It looks like I'll have to try to find a Ser I or II top frame, or at
least
> the header rail and passenger's side rail from one.
>
> Keep an eye out, folks, thanks!
>
> Jon Arzt
> Omaha, NE  USA


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