----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Sedlack" <msedlack@neo.rr.com>
To: "Marc&Heidi" <mtyler@hctc.net>; "Roadster list list"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: Bimini Top *now with text*
> I played with the front bow and some foam, fabric, etc. last night.
>
> It appears the early bow with the two latches with posts that go into
> sockets, and wire loop clamps, secures very well to the windshield frame.
> The later ones don't have that stout locating post, and that's probably
why
> it wanted to tip off.
>
> So far the design incorporates three longitudinal arched bows of rigid
foam,
> covered with a fiberglass skin, and two 1/4" fiberglass rods slipped in on
> the sides of the top. The rods bow outward when tensioned around the
> rollbar, adding to the taughtness of the fabric. Will put some pics up on
> the site in a couple of days.
>
> Mark Sedlack
> ZROC
> Cuyahoga Falls OH
> 66 1600 http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/
> 77 280Z http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc&Heidi" <mtyler@hctc.net>
> To: "Roadster list list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 7:57 AM
> Subject: Bimini Top *now with text*
>
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > Mark, and company,
> > > I don't know about the low windshield top bows, but the later ones
> > > seem to be designed for holding the top frame assembly (anchored at
> > > the pivot on the body) against the windshield. The bow itself will
> > > pop off unless being held at the proper angle in the proper arc by the
> > > top frame. I went to the trouble of making a fibergalss front bow,
> > > and couldn't get it to hold properly under the rearward tension of the
> > > fabric top material. I ended up getting an old frame on Ebay, cleaned
> > > it up, and patterned a light cloth top that stops at the rear bow. It
> > > is held tight by bungee material clipped to the rear bar hold-downs.
> > > Not as elegant as the two piece bimini I originally wanted, but much
> > > more secure. Maybe next year I'll refine the pattern and add some mesh
> > > to the rear bow for driving away from the sun.
> > >
> > >
> > > -Marc Tyler
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