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Hi All,
While I am waiting for my seats to come back from the upholsterer, I started taking a look at the top and top frame.
The top didn't fit well, and the PO had told me that I would have to fuss with it to get it to work correctly. But, after looking at it last night, I think that I am going to need to source some parts for the frame.
I don't know the names of the parts in question, so I will post a picture of what I am talking about (as is my usual). The very front piece is bent in a few places, making the fit not work right. Actually, the sheet metal on it looks as though it had been wrinkled and then straightened back out. This is not shown in the picture, so you will have to trust me on that.
Then the first side piece has been welded to the front piece on both sides of the frame....and welded very poorly at that. It looks as though several layers of welding bead were laid to build up the metal to close a gap. As you can imagine, that is not a good recipe to make something work well. You can see this welding in the picture. The other side is actually worse.
So, I believe that I am going to need to find at least the front piece and the first side piece for each side.
I suppose that it might be possible for someone who really knows what he is doing to bend the pieces right. But, how to find such a person.
Beyond that, who might be willing to part with these pieces? I am hoping not to buy an entire frame to avoid refinishing everything.
Anyway, I could really use some of your opinions and ideas on this one.
Thanks as always for all the great info that I get here on Alfabb!
Jon
While I am waiting for my seats to come back from the upholsterer, I started taking a look at the top and top frame.
The top didn't fit well, and the PO had told me that I would have to fuss with it to get it to work correctly. But, after looking at it last night, I think that I am going to need to source some parts for the frame.
I don't know the names of the parts in question, so I will post a picture of what I am talking about (as is my usual). The very front piece is bent in a few places, making the fit not work right. Actually, the sheet metal on it looks as though it had been wrinkled and then straightened back out. This is not shown in the picture, so you will have to trust me on that.
Then the first side piece has been welded to the front piece on both sides of the frame....and welded very poorly at that. It looks as though several layers of welding bead were laid to build up the metal to close a gap. As you can imagine, that is not a good recipe to make something work well. You can see this welding in the picture. The other side is actually worse.
So, I believe that I am going to need to find at least the front piece and the first side piece for each side.
I suppose that it might be possible for someone who really knows what he is doing to bend the pieces right. But, how to find such a person.
Beyond that, who might be willing to part with these pieces? I am hoping not to buy an entire frame to avoid refinishing everything.
Anyway, I could really use some of your opinions and ideas on this one.
Thanks as always for all the great info that I get here on Alfabb!
Jon
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