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Top frame update

To: <hillman@can-inc.com>
Subject: Top frame update
From: "jon" <humbersnipe@home.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:18:56 -0500
Well, I found a parts update that I'd forgotten I had -  and I just bought
it at the Invasion!

It seems the top frame changed significantly for the Series III. Both Series
I and II had the same frame, but with the Series III, they changed the
header as well as the latch mechanism that locks the frame upright.  This
puts a bit of a crimp in things.

I thought I might be able to use the Ser III header, and just change the
locating plates that guide the header into the windshield frame. No such
luck - all the hardware specs are different according to the parts book.
They went from  #6  machine screws to #10 machine screws, so a fair amount
of butchery would be required to try it that way.

It looks like I'll have to try to find a Ser I or II top frame, or at least
the header rail and passenger's side rail from one.

Keep an eye out, folks, thanks!

Jon Arzt
Omaha, NE  USA

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