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front bow grief

To: "'roadster.netlist'" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: front bow grief
From: "Ofarrell, Fergus" <Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:53:30 -0700
Ah, patience is a virtue.
In a quest to complete interior/driveability projects, every one started has
uncovered 3 more, but that's part of thechallenge I looked forward to.
Went to install soft top clips, a lesson in patience and screw thread rust
removal of its own, and discovered that someone had bent the soft top bow,
so that the center clip is about 3/8" forward of where it should be.
Has anyone ever re-bent one of these successfully?  Did you make yourself a
jig? Do you cut the sheet metal, rebend, then re-weld?  Is this better left
to someone who has a clue? Aren't all these questions annoying?

On a more positive note, I looked through Victor Laury's photo guide through
timing chain replacement, and even with brief captions, it is one of the
best (and with clear, detailed pictures) of a remove and replace procedure.

Keeping a stiff upper lip, (I think stiffer than the soft top bow....)

Fergus O'Farrell
70 2000

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