Mike: In the bits and pieces that came with my Bugeye was a NIB Amco
tonneau. Six years old, apparently. It turned out to be about two
inches short in length and about 1/2 inch short in width. Put it on
the driveway on a hot Florida summer (redundant?) day. When it was
hot enough to burn my hands I "made it" fit using pliers and obscene
force. As it cooled down it ripped out one of the snap posts from the
body and the center zipper seperated. It is still too short by the
same dimensions and still looks NIB cept for the zipper. Good luck.
Larry.
Mike Maclean wrote:
Wednesday, September 20, 2000 1:29 AM
> ...... Last but not least, I tried to install the Amco top I got at
a
> British car swap meet a couple of years ago, brand new in the box.
It
> had been sitting in that box, sent from M*** to the gentleman I
bought
> it from over 15 years ago! I locked my top bows in the retracted
> position and then tried to install the rear retainer bar in the slot
in
> the rear of the top. The only openings for it are the triangular
ones
> that expose the bar to the chrome escutions on the rear deck. The
slot
> extends past these openings just enough to equal the length of the
> retainer bar. How the heck are you supposed to put it in there
without
> cutting a slit in the pocket? Just to test fit the top, I stuck the
bar
> in one of the triangular openings and slid it through until it
stuck
> out the other traingular opening. About 4 inches at either end
stick
> out. I slid the front bar in the pocket at the front of the top and
> tried to pull it over the windshield to tuck it around and under the
lip
> on the windshield frame. It seems to be an inch to an inch and a
half
> too short! How do you stretch these things?
> It's going to take a couple of days just to figure out and work
the
> problems I created just working on the car today! This isn't a
> restoration, it's subtle torture to drive me insane.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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