Oh well, who needs a top anyway.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Larry Cogan wrote:
> Mike: In the bits and pieces that came with my Bugeye was a NIB Amco
> tonneau. Six years old, apparently. It turned out to be about two
> inches short in length and about 1/2 inch short in width. Put it on
> the driveway on a hot Florida summer (redundant?) day. When it was
> hot enough to burn my hands I "made it" fit using pliers and obscene
> force. As it cooled down it ripped out one of the snap posts from the
> body and the center zipper seperated. It is still too short by the
> same dimensions and still looks NIB cept for the zipper. Good luck.
> Larry.
>
> Mike Maclean wrote:
>
> Wednesday, September 20, 2000 1:29 AM
>
> > ...... Last but not least, I tried to install the Amco top I got at
> a
> > British car swap meet a couple of years ago, brand new in the box.
> It
> > had been sitting in that box, sent from M*** to the gentleman I
> bought
> > it from over 15 years ago! I locked my top bows in the retracted
> > position and then tried to install the rear retainer bar in the slot
> in
> > the rear of the top. The only openings for it are the triangular
> ones
> > that expose the bar to the chrome escutions on the rear deck. The
> slot
> > extends past these openings just enough to equal the length of the
> > retainer bar. How the heck are you supposed to put it in there
> without
> > cutting a slit in the pocket? Just to test fit the top, I stuck the
> bar
> > in one of the triangular openings and slid it through until it
> stuck
> > out the other traingular opening. About 4 inches at either end
> stick
> > out. I slid the front bar in the pocket at the front of the top and
> > tried to pull it over the windshield to tuck it around and under the
> lip
> > on the windshield frame. It seems to be an inch to an inch and a
> half
> > too short! How do you stretch these things?
> > It's going to take a couple of days just to figure out and work
> the
> > problems I created just working on the car today! This isn't a
> > restoration, it's subtle torture to drive me insane.
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >
> >
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