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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