RE: [alfa] how long to install a new soft top

[Jonathan Thames <jthames@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Now you're just yanking his chain . . . ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Shorey [mailto:bshorey@domain.elided]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 1:40 PM
To: 'alfacybersite'; 'AD'; 'Jonathan Thames'
Subject: RE: [alfa] how long to install a new soft top


> I feel installing a Series 1 top is the third most difficult 
> job (after bodywork and painting) while restoring a Spider. I 
> probably spend the better part of five days from beginning to 
> end on a top. For me it is highly unprofitable, but don't / 
> won't trust top shops to install since I know they won't go 
> through the details I feel are necessary to do the job correctly.

I must be really good, or really sloppy.  I've done a few series II Spider
tops, and I can't remember ever taking more than a day (8 hours) to do the
job.  Granted, I'm not the stickler for detail that some of you are, but
mine have always come out looking pretty professional, imo.

YMMV,

bs
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