[Roadsters] 68-70 soft top frame question

[Larry Dziuba]

I had my top finished earlier this year and it has been a pain to do up 
every time.  One of the vendors warned me that if there is a crease in the 
bow then there it should be repaired.  I had it stripped of paint and noted 
a tiny crease and decided to leave it.  I have the good cloth top on now and 
could barely get the top to buckle down without the front rubber seal.  You 
could see more of a gap and daylight in the windshield centre. 
Mannnnnnn!!!!  With the seal on it is impossible to do.  Someone suggested 
taking the bow with the top still in place and trying to gently bang out the 
center bend.  I think that if the crease is there that the bend would only 
come back.  I would probably damage the cloth top and put dents in the bow 
top too.   A vendor told me that these tops have always been B____ to buckle 
down.  True?  Should I just take the cloth off and send it to a vendor to 
fix?  Larry.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <geegc at aol.com>
To: <stebharvey at ameritech.net>; <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 68-70 soft top frame question


> Les Canaday in Vista CA repairs them, I have the same pronblem
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> Subject: [Roadsters] 68-70 soft top frame question
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> I purchased a new soft top and will be installing it on the top frame
> this winter. Several years ago I remember people discussing the fact
> that a defect in the sheet metal frame caused it to bend and thus not
> allow the top to be attached to the windshield frame correctly. I
> believe that a vendor repairs these. Any idea who that would be?
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> Steve Harvey
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