At 07:56 PM 1/20/2006 -0600, Roger Elliott wrote:

>I have two questions about Spitfire hardtops.  There is a tie down bar 
>that bolts to the convertible top bracket behind the doors.  What is  
>the size of that bolt?  I am pretty sure it is 5/16 but I tried a coarse 
>thread and a fine thread and neither seemed to work. Of course, it could 
>be that the threads are just messed up.

Roger,

Is your hard top a factory steel one or an aftermarket fiberglass one?

I'm not sure what size the bolt is.  If I get a chance I'll go out later
and pull one. But which one.  There is a plate that the softtop bolts
to that is held on by 3 bolts.  You remove one of them, and top has a
Eye bolt that goes under one of the those bolts.  I supppose you are 
looking for the eye bolt?

>Also, is there supposed to be a piece of trim that goes along the back, 
>bottom edge?  My top has what almost looks like snaps - but they are 
>smaller- on the outside edge, but I can't figure out what would go there 
>unless it is a piece of trim that slides over them. 

I have an aftermarket fiberglass one.  There are rivits around the out
outside bottom holding on a piece of trim.  But this is a rubber gasket
that is glued to the bottom of the top to keep it from messing up the 
paint on the car.

John


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