Carl,
I made my own for my Mk1 Spit out of some aluminum that I has. But the
Amco top that I bought for my son's Mk2 Spit has the metal strips
installed in the top. I wish I had known that when I bought my Robbins
top.
Joe
CarlSereda@aol.com wrote:
>
> <<Does any one else have to use KY jelly, a rubber mallet, a chisel
> four ambidexterous contortionists and a rivet gun to get the leading
> edge of the soft top to fit under the rail?
> I am not sure if the rail is closed in on the windscreen and as such
> I am reluctant to prise it too high. I would be interested just to hear
> how difficult others find this task.>>
> Used to be easy enough with the original very thin spring steel stiffeners
> but now that you can't find aftermarket equivalents. I too am having a harder
> time slipping in the leading edge into the windshield groove whereas it was
> pretty easy before I had to replace the rusty original stiffener.
> All I could find on the market for my TR4 was a thick soft metal strip
> (crummy soft metal but a perfect pattern) or the proper very thin spring type
> metal but the wrong curve pattern geez!
> Anyone out there know where to buy the right quality thin spring steel
> stiffeners for the leading softtop edge of a TR4 not A?
> Carl
> '64 TR4 since '74
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