[TR] First ride

[pethier at comcast.net]

----- Dave1massey at cs.com wrote:

>> It's not "bikini", it's "Bimini"
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimini_top
> 
> 
> Kill joy!

Yeah, I know.  :-)

The confusion may have started when someone combined Bimini with Birkin to denote sunshades for Birkin cars.  The Birkini.  Someone else wanted to denote such a device for any car and mistook the construction as coming from bikini.  

I made a Bimini of sorts for the TR4 by cutting the windows out of an old shrunken white TR4 top I bought on Ebay.  Maybe the new owner will stretch it back out and get the frame to fit correctly.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/3973983458/in/set-72157622574405912/




Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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1979 Caterham Super Seven
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2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
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