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Re: [Healeys] Top Bows

To: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Top Bows
From: Roland Wilhelmy via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:00:59 -0800
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Figure that you will be using an array of shims to fit the chrome uprights
to the windshield frame and several trial fits -- unless the gods are
really smiling at you. The shims go between the body and the uprights
(which are partly painted). Then there's the angle of the windshield that
can be varied a bit. Remember perseverance furthers.

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 10:31 PM Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
wrote:

> Well, it opens and closes easy enough.  It looks straight, but like every
> other part used on this car, it's not original to the car.  I don't think
> it is going to be a big problem.  Now the windscreen assembly with ALL
> unrelated parts may be another matter.  The distance between the windscreen
> and chrome uprights was set during the body work, but that is no guarantee
> there will be no problem fitting it.  Couple that with the fact this will
> be the first time I put a windscreen together for a big Healey.  When the
> time comes, there will be questions.  Heck, I have not found a part yet
> that did not need considerable work to make it fit.
> Mike MacLean
>
> On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 10:05:32 PM PST, Roland Wilhelmy via
> Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> good choice, I think.  Have you test installed the frame in your car yet?
> Most frames I have come in contact with are bent in ways that don't
> cooperate with folding and unfolding or with alignment with the windshield
> posts.  They require a bit of 'reasoning'.  Sometimes a hammer and anvil,
> sometimes some homemade tools that look like crescent wrenches  with jaws
> wrapped in tape.  May you be luckier.
> -Roland
>
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> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 2:16 PM Michael MacLean via Healeys <
> healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> OK.  Dropped the top bows off to be soda blasted this morning. When I get
> them back going to spray paint one color. A spray can of Rustoleum Smoke
> Grey is less than 5 bucks on Amazon.
> Mike MacLean
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 11:04 AM Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree, plus I just checked my original and it is completely gray in
> color.
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 9:57 PM Roland Wilhelmy <sentenac.rw@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> If I understand the question, the header rail is part of the structure of
> the top frame and is painted the same color as the rest of it.  I've seen
> several originals and they were all painted that way.
> -Roland
>
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> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 2:46 PM Curtis Arndt via Healeys <
> healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Not that I know of, but I'm not certain.
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 2:13 PM Michael MacLean <springer.mike51@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Curt,
>      I just got finished drilling out 6 countersunk screws that retain the
> wood on the header rail. No way in H*ll they were going to come out with a
> screwdriver.  The wood was rather crispy.  I have a new piece of wood to
> replace it with.  I noticed the metal header rail was painted black on the
> opposite side of the wood.  Correct?
> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>Figure that you will be using an array of shims to f=
it the chrome uprights to the windshield frame and several trial fits -- un=
less the gods are really smiling at you. The shims go between the body and =
the uprights (which are partly painted). Then there&#39;s the angle of the =
windshield that can be varied a bit. Remember perseverance furthers.=C2=A0<=
br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On =
Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 10:31 PM Michael MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rrenginee=
r.mike@att.net">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli=
d;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman,new york=
,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
        <div dir=3D"ltr">Well, it opens and closes easy enough.=C2=A0 It lo=
oks straight, but like every other part used on this car, it&#39;s not orig=
inal to the car.=C2=A0 I don&#39;t think it is going to be a big problem.=
=C2=A0 Now the windscreen assembly with ALL unrelated parts may be another =
matter.=C2=A0 The distance between the windscreen and chrome uprights was s=
et during the body work, but that is no guarantee there will be no problem =
fitting it.=C2=A0 Couple that with the fact this will be the first time I p=
ut a windscreen together for a big Healey.=C2=A0 When the time comes, there=
 will be questions.=C2=A0 Heck, I have not found a part yet that did not ne=
ed considerable work to make it fit.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Mike MacLean=
<br></div><div><br></div>
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                    On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 10:05:32 PM PST, Roland=
 Wilhelmy via Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:
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                <div><br></div>
                <div><br></div>
                <div><div id=3D"m_47297301930272737yiv3952908524"><div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">good choice, I think.=C2=A0 Have you test installed the frame =
in your car yet?=C2=A0 Most frames I have come in contact with are bent in =
ways that don&#39;t cooperate with folding and unfolding or with alignment =
with the windshield posts.=C2=A0 They require a bit of &#39;reasoning&#39;.=
=C2=A0 Sometimes a hammer and anvil, sometimes some homemade tools that loo=
k like crescent wrenches=C2=A0 with jaws wrapped in tape.=C2=A0 May you be =
luckier.<div>-Roland</div></div><div id=3D"m_47297301930272737yiv3952908524=
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" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.te=
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px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><=
div><div></div>OK.=C2=A0 Dropped the top bows off to be soda blasted this m=
orning. When I get them back going to spray paint one color. A spray can of=
 Rustoleum Smoke Grey is less than 5 bucks on Amazon.<div>Mike MacLean</div=
><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div><br clear=3D"none"><div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 11:04 AM Curtis Arndt &lt;<a shape=3D"rect" href=3D=
"mailto:cnaarndt@gmail.com"; rel=3D"noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target=
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kquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,=
204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">I agree, plus I just checked my ori=
ginal and it is completely gray in color.</div><br clear=3D"none"><div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 9:57 PM Roland Wilhelmy &lt;<a shape=
=3D"rect" href=3D"mailto:sentenac.rw@gmail.com"; rel=3D"noreferrer noopener =
noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">sentenac.rw@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br clear=
=3D"none"></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1=
px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">If I understan=
d the question, the header rail is part of the structure of the top frame a=
nd is painted the same color as the rest of it.=C2=A0 I&#39;ve seen several=
 originals and they were all painted that way.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div>-Roland</div=
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gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Not that I know of, but =
I&#39;m not certain.<br clear=3D"none"></div><br clear=3D"none"><div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 2:13 PM Michael MacLean &lt;<a shape=3D"=
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</div><div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I just got finished drilling out 6 coun=
tersunk screws that retain the wood on the header rail. No way in H*ll they=
 were going to come out with a screwdriver.=C2=A0 The wood was rather crisp=
y.=C2=A0 I have a new piece of wood to replace it with.=C2=A0 I noticed the=
 metal header rail was painted black on the opposite side of the wood.=C2=
=A0 Correct?</div><div>Mike MacLean<br clear=3D"none"></div></div>
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