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Re: Top flapper

To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Top flapper
From: Craig Wiper <craigw@sonic.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 16:44:47 -0800
At 01:24 PM 3/21/96 -0500, you wrote:
>       Since fitting a new top to my 1960 MGA I am experiencing a
>       rapid flapping of the top and considerable noise as the
>       top hits the center bow section.   There was no provision
>       with the top materials to attach the top in any fashion to the
>       bow to avoid the problem.   Am I missing something or is there a
>       way solve the problem?   I ask this at this time as I have been
>       reading concerns of others on soft tops.
>

I have replaced 2 tops on my B. I decided to use the stow-away frame instead
of the fold-away model. With this frame there is no provision for attaching
the top to the bows. I don't get any flapping. Perhaps you needed to stretch
the material a bit more when you installed originally installed it. 

Craig Wiper
early '74B


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