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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Austin, TX
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Recovered my top
Had to take a week of vacation this week, I knew I could spend quality time with the car.
When I bought the car last September the top was in bad shape, seam split etc. The PO had bought a new cover, this would be a good time to put this on. I used the tech article on recovering and Thom's (widebody911) page on his method. Both were similar. Took me most of 2 days, I took my time removing the old cover. The burlap/foam underneath was in pretty bad shape, I used canvas to replace the burlap. Could not find any thin foam (Thom had recommened 1/4 foam) so I used 1/2 batting. Not sure how well this will holdup in the long run. Correctly fitting the cover was a pain, that took me most of Thursday, about 6 hours, fitting, refitting, triming and glueing down (I used weldwood contact cement). Its not perfect, couple of ripples but much better than before, less wind noise. But for the grand total of less than 10 bucks I'm happy. Of course, after I took the photos below I realized, what an idiot, I forgot to paint the rain gutters, oh well, glad I'm not a perfectionist. A few photos.     To warm my self up for this project, I painted my wheels earlier in the week. Again following some posts, I used Rustolem Satin black 7777. 
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05-25-2007, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Atlanta
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Looks real good.
I have all the stuff to re do mine, chickened out and sent it to Dan Pechtel. How'd you do all that for 10 bucks?
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05-25-2007, 11:30 AM
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Looks great!!
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05-25-2007, 12:05 PM
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jt, I wish we could habve contacted you better. Jeffrey Read and I met Jim and Lu Richards at Gus's in Mason on their way through Tennessee today. Real nice people.
Top looks great! Email me so I can add you to the Mid TN Fun Run email list. Looks like the next one will be the 3rd or 4th Saturday of June.
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05-25-2007, 01:40 PM
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