Bob:
Yes, this is very much a problem with our tops. You must (should)
plan ahead as the weather starts turning cold. I get to a point that
I always keep the top up and only put it down for an unseasonably
warm day and get it back up before sunset or when it starts to chill
again. Canvas will be less a problem in the cold weather.
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
'59 TR3
Bob Rochlin wrote:
>
> Well, today was the day, 29 degrees F. The top has been down since May and it
> was finally too cold to drive draft barrier or no. Trouble is that it took me
> 4 hours to put the top up. I needed a quartz light inside the car, an IR lamp
> outside the car and a heated garage to make the top pliable enough to latch.
> I've never had this much trouble. (I've also never tried to put the top up in
> such cold weather.) Last Summer I went to the local top shop and the owner
> told me the top was Everflex and that the fit, if a little tight, was
> perfect-no flapping on the highway.
> My questions are: Is this a common problem for the well fit top? Would
> putting a canvas top on make putting the top up when its cold substantially
> easier?
> As always I appreciate your collective expertise.
> Bob Rochlin
> 72' TR 6
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