[TR] TR3 Top Erecting

[William Brewer]

     I can get my lift-a-dot fasteners on okay (not easily, but okay) this
way. However, I can see the top material starting to split at a seam on the
top right above a top bow.

     -Bill in Tehachapi

--- On Wed, 11/10/10,
Wbeech at flash.net <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:

> From: Wbeech at flash.net
<wbeech at flash.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Top Erecting
> To: "William Brewer"
<wsb1960tr3a at att.net>
> Cc: "Triumphs" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Date:
Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 8:09 AM
> >     Just
> curious what techniques
work for getting the top bows up on
> a TR3 top after the snaps h
> 
> 
> 
>
Bill,
> After you set the bows, are you easily able to pull those
> last few
lift-the-dot fasteners into position? 
> 
> My process was pretty much the
same as yours, except from
> the opposite side.  Unfortunately, the first
attempt
> this year resulted in the material splitting just above the
> LTD
fasteners.  It is an old Amco top so it was
> probably it's time to go. 
> 
>
> 
> Mobile Bill