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Re: Hd Top Q

To: "milton3" <milton3@pobox.com>,
Subject: Re: Hd Top Q
From: "Fred Schroeder" <roadster@texoma.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:42:46 -0500
I had a Dynaplastic top years ago.  I came with only two latches.  However I
suspect that yours is for a low windshield.  Mine sat square and level, not
at the angle you describe.

Best regards,

Fred Schroeder
Denison, TX
SRL311-13359
TDROC
Reg e-mail  sitsinwest@texoma.net
Home page  http://home.texoma.net/~sitsinwest
----- Original Message -----
From: "milton3" <milton3@pobox.com>
To: "datsun list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:31 PM
Subject: Hd Top Q


> Folks,
>
> My part time brain has some issues with the hd top supplied with my '69
> high windshield roadster.  It had pop out vent windows (I've had glass cut
> and tempered to install in their place as fixed mount), and an oval badge
> that reads:  Dynaplastics, RC centered in a stage coach and So. El Monte,
> CA.
>
> My problem is that it just doesn't seem to fit properly.  It only uses the
> outside window frame latch points (never had a center latch - shouldn't a
> late top latch in the center too?), and I don't seem to be able to figure
> out how it should be mounted in the rear.  It is currently zip tied to
> that unthreaded hole right behind the door pillars.
>
> It just seems that I can't get it to fit stably or stay quiet.  Burned a
> line off the paint on the rear deck lid with it's squirming on the way
> from LA to Houston.
>
> I'm concerned that this could be a low windshield roadster top.  It could
> be my imagination, but it sure seems like the very back is sitting flush
> and the sides show what may be as much as a 5 degree angle on the way to
> the windshield.  The convert top stays are progressively more visible as
> you look toward the front of the car.
>
> Is this enough evidence to diagnose my top fit ills.  Of course, I can
> supply pictures if no.
>
> TIA,
>
> Milton
> clueless in Houston
> '69 2000
> milton <milton3@pobox.com>
>
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