Yes the top bows are compressed and the tabs are rotated to lock them in
place. Still to tight.
Mike
Brad Fornal wrote:
> Do you have the correct top bows? The top bow should have the springs
> compressed in order to install the top. Brad
>
> Mike Maclean wrote:
>
> > Oh well, who needs a top anyway.
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >
> > Larry Cogan wrote:
> >
> > > 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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