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Re: water tight?

To: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>, spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: water tight?
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A. RP2)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:29:33
John, on my tonneau, it pools but when I come out I roll it right off and
my interior is still dry.  Maybe there is a leak or something with yours ?

At 09:37 PM 10/21/98 -0400, John T. Blair wrote:
>My 1st car was a 67 Spit back in 67.  As I was a teenager, I kept the top
down
>most of the time.  When Clyde was parked, I had the toneau cover one him.  I
>don't remember the interior getting wet when it rained.
>
>I nolonger have the 67.  But I do have a 77 with the headrests in the seats, 
>and the funny looking pumps in the toneau.  I have the top down and the
toneau
>on the car when it rained reciently.  After the rain, I went out to take her 
>from a drive, and low and behold, I ended up with a pretty soggy fanny.
>
>My question is, is this common place for the later Spits?  Has anyone tried
>to do anything about the water pooling on the toneau?  I was thinking about
>making a small wooden perch like device that I could stand on the armrest
>and push up on the center of the toneau a little to try and help the water
>run off.  Anyone played with this idea before?
>
>TIA.
>
>John
>
>John T. Blair  WA4OHZ          email:  jblair@exis.net
>Va. Beach, Va                  Phone:  (757) 495-8229
>
>              48 TR1800    65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
>71 Saab Sonett III     75 Bricklin SV1     77 Spitfire
>
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>
>
>
Patrick Bowen
'79 Spitfire
Jacksonville FL

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