FROM: malcolm956@aol.com (Malcolm Forbes)
> Putting the top down incorrectly is the quickest way to buy a new top
> that I can think of, and *everyone* puts Midget tops down incorrectly
> at first. It's not intuitive.
Scott Fisher provides exquisite instructions on how to fold a British rag
top. By all means follow them. Take your time and do it right.
However, 100,000+ miles in a TD in the wintry north east convinced me that
there is one additional thing to do to make a top really last. Fold it as
carefully as described above and NEVER PUT IT BACK UP. Invest the money that
otherwise would go into new tops in a tonneau cover and a really good rain
coat and/or ski parka. The odd thing (actually one of a long list) about the
TD was that you took in more snow with the top up than with the top down.
You can l
earn a lot about a person. If dates won't go out under these conditions, get
rid of them. Find one who understands and you are set for life. It worked
for me over thirty-five years ago.
A yea
r ago I came home with a 1965 88" Series IIA Land Rover. She looked at me
funny, muttered someth
ing about "never too late to have a happy childhood", and we went for a ride.
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