I wish I lived somewhere that was dry enough not to bother with the soft-top in
summer!
Anyway, to answer your questions (and repeat other replies.....)
A1) Yes. Normally, you would remove the bar/slat/stiffy thing, and bolt the
back of the hard-top on instead. Don't know how this fits in with your setup.
Also, there are two types of mountings on the B-post - one for cars with soft
tops, and for cars without. For cars without, the mounting bracket is bolted
directly onto the inside of the B-post. For cars with soft-tops, the soft-top
is mounted where the hard-top mounting would normally go, and a shorter hard-top
mounting screws into the soft-top mounting. Clear? Probably not, but it's
obvious when you see the different parts.
A2) No idea, sorry. But you should have holes in the back of the car which it
screws into. There should be four holes there - two on the outside which you'll
use for the hard top, and two further towards the centre of the car. Any piece
of metal with holes drilled to match those on the car should be suitable, I'd
think.
A3) Don't recall having them on my hard-top - but it might be that I just
haven't noticed them before.
Hope that helps,
Dean
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 11:33:27 -0600
From: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
Subject: Hard-top/Soft-top Mounting
I've been running my '78 1500 for over a dozen years with the hard-top on
during the winter (great!) and the tonneau cover (only) during the summer
(not so great). The soft-top has been in the basement patiently awaiting my
attention to the cracked vinyl quarter-windows (Thanks, PO), which I've
finally just gotten to.
The soft-top is/was attached to the rear cockpit rail with 3 rivets
(through the snaps) which I popped out when removing it (there was NO
bar/slat/stiffy along the bottom rear center of the soft-top).
Q1: Can the soft-top be installed, folded down, and then the hard-top be
mounted over it (that is, without permanently removing the soft-top again)?
I.e., is there room enough under the hard-top rear horizontal interior trim
panel for the soft-top rear to fold over the body-lip (and then down into
the well)?
Q2: Anybody know the proper width of bar/slat/stiffy at the rear bottom
of the soft-top?
Q3: (Just curious) On that inside horizontal panel of the hard-top there
are 3 small snaps - male-type - one in the center and one each toward the
corners. What are these for?
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