[Dottney]

The right (passenger side) main bow on my cab has broken. The upholsterer I have gone to said its easy to remove some of the top to expose this piece so I'm going to give it a try. My question is after I expose the framework and hopefully successfully remove the broken bow should I keep the top up or can I lower the top? I don't see how the top can remain up without the bow holding it up. If I have the upholsterer remove the bow I'm not sure how I'll have to get the car back home while the a welder who has repaired Porsche convertible parts has the bow.

Either way I have to know which way to keep the top.

Any tips about removing this will be appreciated.

 

the broken part is behind the weather stripping and stripping bracket

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[lbpesq]

I broke my bow over ten years ago.  I had it welded and have kept the car in manual mode ever since without any problems.    The power top was no great shakes.  Weird double-motor design almost guaranteed future issues.  And I still had to get out of the car to put on or take off the snap-on cover.

 

Bil

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[Dottney]

sorry double post

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[Dottney]

If you have a bow out of the car that you can take a couple of measurements I'd appreciate it. I need the end point distance of lines A & B so the welder can jig it correctly. The measurement can be from the surface edges of the hole brackets rather than the centers of the holes or edges of the holes themselves. Imperial or metric is fine.

Thanks for any help.

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