Re: Soft top frame

Jay Laifman (Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com)
Wed, 5 Aug 1998 07:59:22 -0700


Karl writes:

>Has any one had problems with their softtop frame not meeting the rear
>vertical window edge. With the top up on my Series V I have a triangular
>hole behind the window glass-this is about 1.5cm at the door level
>tapering to nothing at the top rear corner of the glass. The horizontal
>seal along the top is a perfect snug fit. I suspect the frame has become
>distorted over the years but I am at loss how to correct it The top is
>new and so are all the seals. Any ideas?

This ran in a thread a good 3 or 4 years ago. I believe the general consensus was that this was a design feature by Rootes to keep cold air blowing on tired drivers to avoid any Alpines from being damaged in an accident. If I'm not mistaken, Dick Saunders had some really good explanations too.

Jay