FWIW, my front bow extends out past the glass, but is about 1" above the
glass with them fully wound up. The gutters fit snugly to the top of the
glass, and the flaps hang down behind the glass and pressed up against it.
I have recently noticed how many 'quality' hoods have the gutters are so far
above the glass that the flap barely covers that gap and in fact bows in,
leaving space for rain to blow in. I had assumed that this was because
there is insufficient material across the width of the hood, but wondered
yesterday (while we sitting in the rain in a car park eating our bacon rolls
waiting for the start of the Arden Heritage Run) that perhaps it was because
the bow was too high, i.e. the opposite problem to Chris.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Attias <cattias@cats.ucsc.edu>
To: MG Listserver <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 24 June 1999 18:47
Subject: Top Replacement
>Listees,
>
>Just had an upholstery shop install my new Moss/Robbins stow-away top. It
>was interesting. The guy who did it said he had done a number of the
>folding tops, but this was the first one with the take-apart sticks. He
>pointed out two anomalies:
>
>*The distance from the back bar to the windshield frame was slightly
>different left to right. Don't think it was due to body damage--just the
>semi-handbuilt nature of the car.
>
>*The front bow on the frame has a curved return which seems to push out the
>window sealing flap, so that when the door is closed, the window touches
>the frame. The upholstery guy was affraid the top material would be
>damaged over time as the window pushed the flap up against the bar end. Is
>this common to all stow-away installations? The upholstery guy suggested
>not rolling the windows up all the way!
>
>Cheers
>
>Chris Attias
>'64 MGB
>'84 Alfa Romeo GTV-6
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