<VV> Re: VirtualVairs digest, Vol 1 #748 - 11 msgs

[Roger Gault]

And why else would you put it up?  Oh, yeah, below 45 degrees (distant
memory).
I leave mine down all summer, and unless it's raining in the winter.  Yes,
it is very hard to get latched the first time it goes up, especially if it's
cold.  I've been known to use a wood carpenter's clamp to pull it close
enough to latch the first time.

Roger Gault

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RoboMan91324@aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>; <m.j.murphy@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 3:08 PM
Subject: <VV> Re: VirtualVairs digest, Vol 1 #748 - 11 msgs


> Hi Mark,
>
> It very well could be that the problem you have with the top needing to be
> forced to latch to the header is due to a sagging body.  However, it could
also
> be due to the habit some people have of leaving the top down unless the
car is
> being driven in the rain.  The material of the top will shrink over time
if
> not stretched.  The stretching occurs when the top is up and latched.
>
> Doc
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In a message dated 7/15/2004 9:38:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:
> Message: 7
> Reply-To: "Mark J. Murphy" <m.j.murphy@comcast.net>
> From: "Mark J. Murphy" <m.j.murphy@comcast.net>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV>  sagging convertibles
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:54:41 -0400
>
> Another good indicator of bad shape is in the operation of the top.  The
top
> on my '63 (cancer victim) seems to jump off of the header when released,
and
> needs to be fought back down to make it latch.  If it gets much worse I'll
have
> to gain some weight as I already have to hang full body weight on it to
> get the hooks to reach.  She's not long for this world...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>       ,-----___\----,    Mark Murphy
>       \--(o)----(o)--'  Derry, NH, USA
>     http://m.j.murphy.home.comcast.net
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