[Roadsters] 68-70 soft top frame question

[dave]

There should be a spacer about 1/4 inch thick between the center clamp amd
the top.
If it's missing, it will cause 2 things:
1 The top will be very hard to latch, because it is trying to pull too tight
2 This extra tension is one main cause for the front bow cracking in the
first place.

Where are the tension adjusters set on the rear bow? Could you loosen them a
notch?

I put a new top on my 69 myself, when it's cold, it's a bit tight.  I clamp
down the windshield first with tr reae bow folded forward, then I push the
rear bow back and down into place to tension it. May not be correct, but
works for me.

Good Luck
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Dziuba [mailto:roadster68 at shaw.ca]


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>

> Les Canaday in Vista CA repairs them, I have the same pronblem
>
> Gary C
> -----Original Message-----
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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?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Harvey
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