26 touring, putting the top up

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26 touring, putting the top up

Post by Dave1 » Thu May 19, 2022 7:08 pm

[image][/image]Today was the first time putting the top up on the 26 Touring.
I was able to get the top up but it doesn’t look right to me.
The side brackets are hanging down below the bottom edge of the fabric. Plus the edges of the fabric seem to be loose?
I’m hopping the attached pictures will explain better .

Dave


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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by Dave1 » Thu May 19, 2022 7:14 pm

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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by Dave1 » Thu May 19, 2022 7:17 pm

Oops, obviously a couple of unrelated pictures, not sure how that happened !

Dave


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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by JohnM » Thu May 19, 2022 8:04 pm

The second bow over the drivers head is not all the way up against the top. See if you can make adjustments and push it all the way up. Otherwise, not all installations are equal in quality. It's not unusual to see the frame on the side from poor installations or older tops that have shrunk.


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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by JohnM » Thu May 19, 2022 8:26 pm

I looked again, getting that second bow up will tighten the top and bring the side frame up behind the top. Nice car! I love driving with the top down, but I always put it up for storage, I think it will look better longer.


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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by TXGOAT2 » Thu May 19, 2022 9:09 pm

I think it's best to store the car with the top up, especially in colder weather. Putting a top down on a hot day and trying to put it back up on a cooler day can be a challenge. Putting a top down wet is not good, either. If the top gets wet when down, it ought to be put up and allowed to dry completely at the first opportunity.


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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by Dave1 » Thu May 19, 2022 9:14 pm

Thanks guys,
This is a new to me car that had been restored years ago but never driven, think I may wait for a hot day and force the top up, hopefully it will snap into place.


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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by KeithG » Thu May 19, 2022 11:29 pm

Another thing to remember about putting the top up in cold weather is that in the Fall, mice like to come in and find cozy places to spend the Winter. A top left folded down is just that kind of nice place that mice like. If the top is left down, you might find holes in the top eaten by the mice.... and oh yes, that wonderful smell of stale mouse urine.
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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by mbowen » Fri May 20, 2022 10:01 am

Dave1 wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 7:17 pm
Oops, obviously a couple of unrelated pictures, not sure how that happened !

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The preview button in your friend. Also, as the author of the post you can edit out those unrelated photos.
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Re: 26 touring, putting the top up

Post by John Codman » Fri May 20, 2022 11:42 am

The top in the OP looks exactly like my '27. If the side bars were to move up, the brackets where the front of the top fit the windshield posts would bind and the back of the pivoting side bars would have to move downward. I think that the position of the bars is correct. I am not going to attempt to change the position on my "27.

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