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Re: hardtop storage



Darwin,
Have you got a photo of the dolly you might be able to email me?

Thanks,

Lenny Seidman


The Browns wrote:
> 
> I have my hardtop stored vertically on a aluminum dolly, I bought from a
> Mercedes dealer for $150.  It would be very simple to build.  It measures
> about 17D"x32L"x26"H.  It is made out of 11/4"x1/4" aluminum extrusions,
> bent and bolted together, with four furniture wheels inserted on the base.
> There are rubber pads where the top contacts the extrusions.  This allows me
> to wheel the top around the garage.
> 
> Darwin Brown
> '71 Stag
> 65 TR4
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David McDougall <David.McDougall@domain.elided>
> To: stag@domain.elided <stag@domain.elided>
> Date: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 2:53 AM
> Subject: hardtop storage
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >The sun has finally stayed out long enough for me to go for a spin
> >in the Stag after work, and take it to the club meeting last night.
> >It's even going to be sunny today. So I'll probably be out again
> >tonight.
> >Hell, I might even WASH the car!
> >In answer to Thomas Santee's question about hardtop storage.
> >A club member told me last night that he clamped an old style roof rack
> >to the top, then suspends the whole thing from the garage roof beams.
> >I've also read of someone feeding a strong rope through the side
> >windows,
> >and loops round the front handles. Then using block/tackle.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >--
> >David McDougall |  Mailto:david.mcdougall@domain.elided
> >(Accounts Dept) |  Tel: +44 (0)131 467 8413
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> >-----
> >
> >

-- 
Lenny Seidman
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA  
email: lseidman@domain.elided



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