FWIW, this is a stick top with about 3 1/2" between the header rail and the top
of
the windscreen. It really doesn't want to move right now. I'll set it in the sun
tomorrow, provided it doesn't rain..........
Thank you for all the replies.
Brad
Clayton La Baw wrote:
> A & B -
>
> The sunlight heating technique works. But did you ever notice that when
> you do finally give up and decide to put the top up (or drown), it's so
> damn cold that it won't even unfold, let alone stretch out to fit the
> snaps. And your fingertips feel like their going to fall off from tugging
> on the edges. And if you pull the material far enough, the snap seems to
> have moved off to one side. And you left the side curtains home, anyway.
>
> regards,
>
> Clay L.
> '67 Sprite
>
> At 03:34 PM 8/6/2002 -0400, Ankitterer@aol.com wrote:
> >In a message dated 8/6/02 10:53:29 AM, toyman@digitex.net writes:
> >
> ><< Is there any recommended way to stretch out this bugger to make
> >it fit, or should it be called a lost cause and converted to a bimini
> >top?? >>
> >
> >According to no less an authority than Doug Robbins, you can leave it out in
> >the sun for a couple of hours, then "a couple of my guys can get it on". In
> >other words, it can be stretched to fit nicely after it is heated and will
> >hold some of the stretch after it cools down. It can't hurt to try it. In
> >our case, we had to explain that we were a couple of OF's who would need a
> >soft top only if it started raining while we were out and WE had to get it on
> > under an underpass if we were lucky. Eventually, we ended up with a custom
> >made top that fit sorta like a sock on a rooster--which is exactly what we
> >wanted.
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