What you're describing sounds like a top for a convertible. You might
want to verify what your vendor supplied.
jay fishbein
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Dan Gillitzer wrote:
>Got my top yesterday. General question, this is on my Mk2 Sprite: Shouldn't
>the top have the "pockets" pre-sewn into the front and rear? Where the metal
>blades go, the front one engages into the lip in the top of the windshield
>frame, and the rear one engages into the "teardrop" shaped fixtures on the
>rear. There not sewn in at all, the front is just a plain unfolded edge. Maybe
>this is part of the fitment process, in that case scratch one "DIY" job. Also
>on the rear panel area, where the 1/4-turn fastener is, there is velcro on the
>back side? Doesn't seem right. I know later tops used velcro somewhere back
>there though. Not an early one.
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