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1. Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: "Mike Chmura" <m.chmura@umassp.edu>; Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 11:54:11 -0400; Hello all, This past weekend was the first time I attempted to fit my hardtop to my 78 Spit. Basically things don't line up the way I would have expected. Here's my assessment. There are six contact; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00185.html (8,515 bytes)
2. RE: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: <ralemen@cableone.net>; Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 09:15:57 -0700; Mike I have a hardtop for my 76. I don't see it should be different to yours, but I always do the front and back first then the sides as the sides have the most flexibility in anngle of fitting. Also; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00187.html (9,714 bytes)
3. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:21:18 +0100; Join the club! "Almost"? It *is* your windscreen that is causing the problem. The only "trick" I have found to deal with this is as follows: 1. Do the back bolts up first 2. Open the driver's door, a; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00188.html (10,387 bytes)
4. RE: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: <ralemen@cableone.net>; Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:42:37 -0700; Mike, I would be worried if my windscreen frame moved like this. I have no such problem. If it did move I would be worried about the structural rigidity of my car. The movable bolt plates, I assume,; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00189.html (11,442 bytes)
5. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Atwell Haines <Karbuff@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 15:59:14 -0400; The windscreen can also be pulled backwards if you (or a DPO) exit the car by pulling on the top of the windshield frame to stand up. How's the alignment between the leading edge of the side glass an; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00193.html (8,852 bytes)
6. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Bradley D Richardson <bradrichardson@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 13:44:48 -0700; Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd be concerned about having to "sit in the seats and push on the windscreen frame until it moves enough to put the hardtop on". Seems to me like you're begging for a fo; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00194.html (9,849 bytes)
7. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 22:39:20 +0100; As has been pointed out recently, the windscreen frame is not structural, and is only held onto the rest of the body with a few light welds. It only takes a few millimetres of movement to mean that t; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00196.html (9,980 bytes)
8. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 22:39:49 +0100; A lot better with the hard-top on! ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html /// spitfires@auto; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00197.html (9,595 bytes)
9. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 22:44:43 +0100; With all the other things to worry about with this car, a slightly bendable windscreen frame is definitely not a high priority for me. That's what I thought the first time I had this problem, but the; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00198.html (9,855 bytes)
10. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 19:48:53 -0400; Perhaps that is the case with yours, but none of my Spitfires have the flapping in the breeze, and none of them have the frame pulled back by the soft top. This includes one that has a well rotted wi; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00201.html (9,534 bytes)
11. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Alan Lemen <ralemen@cableone.net>; Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 20:46:25 -0600; I have to agree with Nolan that it should literally "drop" in place. Not that you would want to drop it on. Also on the subject of the seals - all new at the end of last year when I had the hard top; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00205.html (9,281 bytes)
12. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:18:42 +0100; The windscreen frame of a Spit is only attached at the bottom - there are no structural members bracing it. Metaphorically, all Spitfire windscreens are flapping in the breeze, except when either a s; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00215.html (10,540 bytes)
13. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:20:09 +0100; The movement of the Windscreen with respect to the rest of the car is also to be caused in part by the car body 'sagging' in the middle. This is particularly true in the UK where the wet weather rots; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00219.html (9,457 bytes)
14. RE: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:42:08 +0100; I also have this problem, although possibly not to quite the extent that Mike HM does. It is possible that the body has sagged over time (surely not!), bringing the top of the windscreen frame a lit; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00222.html (11,081 bytes)
15. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:42:07 -0400; I believe you may have misapplied that tension. The tension is to the fabric of the top, not the frame. The frame can pull the top fabric tight while still aligning with the windscreen. My soft-top i; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00229.html (9,410 bytes)
16. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:53:20 +0100; You are probably right, but I'm going to need a more detailed explanation. <g> I just don't understand this. When you fit the soft-top to its frame, you are told to get it good and tight. I have got; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00240.html (10,263 bytes)
17. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:39:50 -0400; Lets imagine puting the top up, but only as the metal framework, not the fabric cover. When you do this, if the metal framework is aligned correctly the pins will fall right into the holes in the win; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00242.html (11,683 bytes)
18. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:42:37 +0100; This is what happens. Mind you, the leading edge of the door window on the driver's side is not completely parallel to the windscreen frame when this is done. There is no clearance at the top when th; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00248.html (11,356 bytes)
19. RE: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: <ralemen@cableone.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:18:17 -0700; Mike, it's all relative. One never knows about things like this until after the fact. I certainly never tried to bolt on the hard top when I bought my car. It was simply sitting on top and the PO had; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00252.html (9,401 bytes)
20. Re: Hardtop Fit Question - 78 Spit (score: 1): Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:44:22 -0400 (EDT); Body tub sag can also cause the top of the windscreen to move closer to the aft end of the cockpit. That was the problem I had with my Spit back in the early 1970s. Because the windscreen frame is no; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00255.html (8,624 bytes)

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