Some of you guys might remember me. I had my car hanging from the roof of my shop as I welded a new floor in it.
Ive built a few Cabs before. I made the support bars to keep the body aligned when I installed the new floor in. I also had
the top frame installed and adjusted. I finished the floor, put the car on the floor, adjusted the doors, and sent it to the
upholstery shop top install the top. I have used these guys before on a couple other cars I did. I didn’t rush them because I had my
rotator cuff, and my back r to my wife is how I always get taken advantage of. After waiting a year, I go on check on my car.
They called and said it was done. Luckily, I didn’t bring my wife with me, otherwise she would have seriously hurt the 2 brothers
that own the shop. The headliner looks good, but you cannot snap the top down. I tried to tell my wife I could find it myself.
Little did she know, it was impossible. I tried to make every adjustment I could do to rectify the problem. It seems, the cut the
top fabric too short. As you know, your can’t just unstapled it and loosen it up. They didn’t have the front bow in the right
place either. What makes matters worse, I used a bark brown Hart’s top fabric that is now unattainable. Being from the South Bronx,
I almost sent some of the boys from the neighborhood to make adjustments on their knees.
I bought a new top, and are sending it to a shop near mine, to have installed. My concern is that they can install the new top
without having to replace the very expressive headliner. It seems if I could unstapled the top and loosen it, that would fix the
problem. There is no way to do that, there is no extra material before the staples.
I should have just left the car the way it was. I’ve been driving it for 30 years with a top that shrank, bad paint, a bunch of
dents, a rusty floor and a worn out interior. I loved it. I use to carry parts in it, wood to fix my fence, and other things
that made Porsche owners gasp. Now its all pretty, I’m afraid to drive it.
