how to drop the top?

[shelllaiken]

how do i take down the top on the TR7 V8 so i dont crease the triangle windows?
i have been just folding it all back......would the velcro inside need undoing?

[saabfast]

Yes. There was an article on this, i think it might be on jclay's site now (try clicking the link on one of his posts).

You should undo the velcro across the roof, undo the poppers to the outer sides, unclip the roof rail at the front and pull the rail back. As you pull it back lift the rear by the flap at the top of the rear window so that the roof pulls out across the boot and the rail drops in behind the seats. Tidy the roof falt across the boot, fold the rear quarter light sections across towards the centre, then fold the whole roof forward into the well over the rail.

The velcor stops the roof lifting at speed but you cannot fold it with the velcro done up around the frame bar.

Alan
Saab 9000 Stg 1
Saab 9000 2.3 FPT Auto
'81 TR7 DHC

[Henk]

Maybe this helps also.

http://www.triumphtr7.com/documents/articles/tips/foldroof.asp

Henk

1980 TR7 US Convertible
1978 Mini Clubman Estate

[jclay (RIP 2018)]

Yes, Heck! That is the way to fold the head!


jclay

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[shelllaiken]

thank you that has really helped

[wedgewa]

I've owned mine since new and still have the original top on.
Somehow, I've managed to get it done all these years without undoing the "hook and loop" from its bar.

(We're real sensitive to the trademark for the hook and loop stuff around our house as my son got attacked by the lawyers for the owners of the Velcro(tm) trademark while he was in high school and used it on a personal website. As a teen he was threatened with a 7 figure lawsuit and wound up having to pay them a settlement to avoid that action).