[TR] First ride & shrunken tops

[wbeech at flash.net]

Speaking of shrunken tops.  The Amco top that came with my TR3 comes up
about 2" short, across the windscreen, is there any way to stretch these
back into shape?

Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (rolling restoration) www.triumphowners.com/1566
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"

 

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of pethier at comcast.net
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11:50 AM
To: Dave1massey at cs.com
Cc: Triumphs at autox.team.net; tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Subject: Re: [TR] First ride

----- 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
1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UB "uncle jack"
1979 Caterham Super Seven
2004 Suburban 8.1
2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
pethier [at] comcast [dot] net
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