back in the late 70's, when i installed a new top on my BJ8, i set the world
record for longest one arm toss of the rear U piece.
cheers,
jerry wall
William Moyer wrote:
>
> Richard, et al.,
>
> Although you might not care, they also differ in their quality and ease of
> fit. This varies from manufacturer to manufacturer as well. You might want
> to call a couple of the shops who do the installation regularly and see what
> they use. Opinion varies on this (imagine that) but putting one of these in
> was easily the biggest pain in the butt for my restoration, second only to
> making the boot lid correct or the door gaps perfect. I'd rather pull the
> engine twice than do this even once again. You haven't lived until you've
> clipped the damn thing to the back hoop three times trying to get it to be
> straight and the right length up front which you won't know until the job is
> half done. Personally this is one task I'll leave to the professionals next
> time.
>
> As to keeping the rain out of the car, I can see you have not yet developed
> the correct attitude towards precipitation in the Healey. Think of it as
> evaporative cooling fluid because your concours goals kept you from insulating
> the cockpit.
>
> Bill Moyer, BJ7, zippered window, concours incorrect, wet anyway. I saved the
> snaps and brace, tho, just in case someone ever wanted to rip out the zipper
> and put them in.
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