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Re: attaching the hardtop

To: "Evangelos G. Makris" <emakris@hol.gr>, <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: attaching the hardtop
From: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 11:50:23 +1100
Reply-to: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
It could be you have a Hardtop for a MkII sprite or even bugeye. The MkIIIs
have curved windscreens whereas the MkI & MkII have flat windscreens.

Mike

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Mike Gigante                                       mikeg@vicnet.net.au
Watsons Creek Vineyard                     http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Evangelos G. Makris <emakris@hol.gr>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, January 23, 1998 1:47 AM
Subject: attaching the hardtop


>I have this odd problem when attaching the hardtop:
>
>If the rear locating brackets slide OK into their
>respective body retainers then the front fasteners
>fall a little bit "ahead" of their windscreen brackets!
>
>If I do the fasteners OK on the windscreen then the
>rear locating brackets fall a little "behind" (about
>half an inch) the retainers.
>
>What am I doing wrong? Is exerting super-human force
>to the windscreen a normal part of the hardtop attaching
>sequence so that everything falls into place?
>
>I end up doing the fasteners and side bolts and leaving
>the rear locating brackets behind, because I'm scared
>to push the windscreen forward. Is this ok?
>
>Finally, the hardtop has some considerable gaps (!) at
>the windscreen header ends and the B-post tops but it
>sure beats leaving the car in the soft top as no razor
>blade can slash the metal hardtop, hopefully.
>
>Regards
>Evangelos
>66 Sprite MkIII
>


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