[Tigers] Open up my soft top

[Steve Ralsten]

I know my car carried a full time hardtop for over 30 years. It's
now off and I've opened up the back. I found a top that was covered with
that soft corrugated cardboardbox type material that comes on rolls.
It was quite neatly arranged and can be seen just as I first saw it in the 
below picture..

I'm curious if anyone on the list ever saw and remembers how this top came
from the factory. When I saw the way it was packed it occured to me that 
perhaps
it had never been opened. The softop material is quite soft and seems usable
except for the yellowed window. The rubber and the silicone like joint 
sealers
that tie the material to the frame completely shatter at the slightest 
touch.

I got the left side of top up and connected to the windshield but the rt 
side would not raise
high enough to clear the behind door post.

It was kind of in my plan to ask for "where do I go from here" advice
at the next CAT fix in.

Steve R

PICTURE

http://www.mozartforum.com/images/Eeds%20Tiger/SOFT%20TOP%20OPENING%201.jpg