[Anfanuts]

Biba, two detailed photos of the so-called "floating bow" end support. A couple of rubber feet bolted together and to the rail. This is all coming out next week to be refinished and the new top put on. Notice the bumper feet support on the lateral rail. The little rubber bumper on the end of the bow has fallen out (the right is in). Others make a zip down window but I wanted the Haartz Stayfast material and not a generic material. I thought this was the original top since I bought the car 6 years old, but many seem to insist the OE top was cloth while others say it was vinyl. As I said earlier, I do not see the purpose of the strap as the bow automatically comes up when you pull the top up as it is attached to the top. Going down it takes some finesse to keep the top material from getting pinched. You can see the damage to the padded quarter as a result of this pinching. I can see where the elastic strap helps this from occurring as it pulls the floating bow back automatically as long as the elastic is good. Might put some in after all to one hand it at a stoplight when putting it down. Just a thought. Bruce

PS: I'll do a post after install in another thread.