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Re: Suspend your top

To: Awgertoo@aol.com
Subject: Re: Suspend your top
From: <bighealey@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:35:04 -0700
Perhaps this is a good argument to use the platform type Ray Juncal pointed out 
and place the top upside down on a carpet and cover it.

Mine is still in bits being restored but I will eventually get it ready and 
will need to do something about storage.

Tracy

---- Awgertoo@aol.com wrote: 
> I purchased a top for my wife's BN7 from a fellow who had stored it overhead 
> using three hooks that picked up the top in the center along the front edge 
> and roughly under the two stays along the rear edge.  I believe that the 
> constant weight over the years caused the top to deform just a bit as it is 
>high at 
> all three spots.  Also the seals were crushed in the process.  
> 
> I thought about using two or three giant suction cups (such as toilet 
> plungers) to suspend the top against the ceiling but was afraid it would 
>affect the 
> paint.  I now store the top vertically along a wall with the weight resting 
>on 
> the front edge.
> 
> Best--Michael Oritt




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