[Spridgets] Bugeye for sale

Linda Grunthaner grunthaner at gmail.com
Thu Nov 3 02:49:39 MST 2011


That small image doesn't show the incorectnessof the top to me but
interesting topic, how do you line up the top to make the correct holes? I
have a NOS top I will install this summer.
Lin

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>wrote:

> None of the tops I have ever bought since my first in the 70s had the holes
> and fasteners pre-installed.  I suppose they could do that because the
> Tenax
> fittings on the body and the turnbuckles are all supposed to be in the same
> place on all Bugeyes.  In fact, back in the 70s and the 80s tops would come
> with a new flat steel bar for the windshield front pocket.  I have not seen
> them included in years.  I can guess how much fun an early top with the
> snaps
> across the front is to put together.
>
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2
> 02 Heritage Springer
>
> --- On Thu, 11/3/11, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> From: Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: [Spridgets] Bugeye for sale
> To: "'Michael MacLean'" <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
> Cc: "'spridgets_autox.team.net'" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, November 3, 2011, 2:23 AM
>
>
> >I am referring to the holes you have to punch in a new top for the
> >Tenax fasteners and the one turnbuckle at the B pillar.  If you punch
> >them in the wrong location, you get that wrinkled look at the bottom
> >sides like in the picture.  It is the only judgment you have to make
> >in installing a top, >but get it wrong and you have ruined it.
> >Sounds simple enough to do, but I have seen tops on Bugeyes...
>
> >Mike MacLean
>
>
> Interesting.  I bought my top new a few years ago (can't remember where)
> but it came with all the fittings installed.
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