Armand & Lorie Ritchie wrote:
> >Hi all, I'm a fairly new Tiger owner. The car is a '64 MKI, with a hard
> >boot for the convertible top. Although the car is mostly original (85K
> >miles, unrestored), I think that the top is fairly recent. It's been in my
> >wife's family since 1970, but the person who would know is no longer
> >around.
> >
> >Anyway, after our best attempts, we can't get the top down far enough to
> >get the hard boot to close. The center section (hoops, header rail, window)
> >seems to stow well enough, but we can't get the side rails to fold down far
> >enough for the side covers to flip up. It's far enough that we can drive it
> >with no problem, but I'd like to be able to get the boot closed. It seems
> >like the problem is more in the frame than in the top material itself. I
> >don't want to risk tearing the top, so we haven't tried to force the frame
> >any further.
> >
> >A fellow Tiger owner, with a soft boot, says that he has a hard time
> >getting his down even far enough to put the soft boot on.
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated!
> >
> >Jeff & Elea Feit
>
> Hi Jeff, we also just aquired a early Tiger with the metal top covers.
> What I do is push the widow down first to the bottom of the space, then I
> put in the header rail that attaches to the windshield. I make sure that
> it is all down as far as it can go and then I fold in the frame last. Make
> sure you tuck in the top around the edges near the side covers, that's were
> it usually hangs up. Also you might want to put a little oil on the hinge
> points of the top frame. Hope this helps. Regards
> Armand Ritchie
> B9470219
>
> ritchie@mcn.org
> Armand & Lorie Ritchie
_______________________________________________Jeff;
I purchased new in dec. of 1964 a Tiger. The top with the metal covers was
always hard to close. Armand gave you a very good description of how to get it
closed. I would always have to get the header rail down very tight and even then
sometimes the side metal covers would not stay snapped shut. keep working with
it and you will probably eventually succeed. I still have my original Tiger and
all the little peculiarities are worth it.
Larry
VIN - B9471018
lb7777@thepoint.net
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