<VV> Top swap?

[arthurwlinden at aol.com]

I once took a convertible top off a wrecked car and put it on mine.  Just the fabric and window.  I carefully stapled everything just using the same staple lines for the old car.  It looked professionally done when I was thru.


I guess this means that the top frames were aligned the same.  Not sure this is normal.  Maybe I was just lucky.


Art Linden  



-----Original Message-----
From: James Davis via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
To: hugo <hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>
Cc: VV List <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Fri, Jul 28, 2017 8:39 am
Subject: Re: <VV> Top swap?

Unless you are very lucky and very skilled it is a two day project.  I took
my top  frame off to clean and repaint in in 1980.  Replacing a convert top
is a piece of cake as compared to aligning a top frame to a car.  The shop
manual supplement has the directions on how to adjust the top frame to the
car.
Jim Davis

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> How easy is it to take a convertible top off one car & fit it to another?
> I have a donor car with an almost new top which I would like to fit to the
> one I'm rebuilding (both 1964's). I'm looking at a row of bolts on the
> inside under the rear window - If I undo them & unbolt the frame it should
> be simple enough to fit the whole top/frame assembly to my other car,
> shouldn't it? Or should it?! (I have taken the outer rear trim strip off).
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