> Here's what I do which doesn't agree with the instructions on the back
> of the hard boot.
> 1. Release top from front rail.
> 2. Fold the top back
> a. Making sure rear window is all the way in pocket and not
> pinched
> b. keeping the top material at the sides to the inside of the
> frame and away from jamming up at the back of the metal
> side pockets
> c. Making sure top material at the chrome side covers gets in
> side the pocket and not jammed between the pocket sides
> an frame
> 3. Fold the arms in
> 4. Put the header rail in on top upside down so that the rounded edges
> of the rail match the rounded edges of the car.
> 5. With everything in place give it a good umphha! and shut the doors.
>
> Most people put the header in with the back window but mine's still
> unscathed and I have more trouble getting it all in there that way.
> Also make sure that the sides of top are not secured under the
> aluminum side rails. If the top is secured at the sides at all it
> will not work. H20 is supposed to go down the sides, into the side
> pockets, out a tube and into the wheel arches.
>
> Man it's hard to write something like this after the holidays.
>
>
>
>
> Brad Parlee
> GE ED&C Sales District Manager - Florida
> 8*586-5233 / 407-261-8614
> FAX 8*586-5216 / 261-8616
>
> ----------
> From: ritchie@mcn.org[SMTP:ritchie@mcn.org]
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 1997 7:24 AM
> To: Elea & Jeff; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Lowering top on early Tiger
>
> >Hi all, I'm a fairly new Tiger owner. The car is a '64 MKI, with a
> hard
> >boot for the convertible top. Although the car is mostly original
> (85K
> >miles, unrestored), I think that the top is fairly recent. It's been
> in my
> >wife's family since 1970, but the person who would know is no longer
> >around.
> >
> >Anyway, after our best attempts, we can't get the top down far enough
> to
> >get the hard boot to close. The center section (hoops, header rail,
> window)
> >seems to stow well enough, but we can't get the side rails to fold
> down far
> >enough for the side covers to flip up. It's far enough that we can
> drive it
> >with no problem, but I'd like to be able to get the boot closed. It
> seems
> >like the problem is more in the frame than in the top material
> itself. I
> >don't want to risk tearing the top, so we haven't tried to force the
> frame
> >any further.
> >
> >A fellow Tiger owner, with a soft boot, says that he has a hard time
> >getting his down even far enough to put the soft boot on.
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated!
> >
> >Jeff & Elea Feit
>
>
> Hi Jeff, we also just acquired a early Tiger with the metal top
> covers.
> What I do is push the widow down first to the bottom of the space,
> then I
> put in the header rail that attaches to the windshield. I make sure
> that
> it is all down as far as it can go and then I fold in the frame last.
> Make
> sure you tuck in the top around the edges near the side covers, that's
> were
> it usually hangs up. Also you might want to put a little oil on the
> hinge
> points of the top frame. Hope this helps. Regards
> Armand Ritchie
> B9470219
>
>
> ritchie@mcn.org
> Armand & Lorie Ritchie
>
>
>
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