Evangelos,
Maybe you have a hardtop for an MGB? :-)
FYI, aftermarket hardtops don't have the rear fasteners (later cars don't
have the rear brackets anyway), so they only mount like you mounted your
top. Works fine for me.
Ulix
On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Evangelos G. Makris wrote:
> I have this odd problem when attaching the hardtop:
>
> If the rear locating brackets slide OK into their
> respective body retainers then the front fasteners
> fall a little bit "ahead" of their windscreen brackets!
>
> If I do the fasteners OK on the windscreen then the
> rear locating brackets fall a little "behind" (about
> half an inch) the retainers.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Is exerting super-human force
> to the windscreen a normal part of the hardtop attaching
> sequence so that everything falls into place?
>
> I end up doing the fasteners and side bolts and leaving
> the rear locating brackets behind, because I'm scared
> to push the windscreen forward. Is this ok?
>
> Finally, the hardtop has some considerable gaps (!) at
> the windscreen header ends and the B-post tops but it
> sure beats leaving the car in the soft top as no razor
> blade can slash the metal hardtop, hopefully.
>
> Regards
> Evangelos
> 66 Sprite MkIII
>
Ulix __/__,__
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'67 Sprite
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