Author Topic: 280 SL 1968 soft top , rear bow will not come out of box?  (Read 3163 times)

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Hi,

unfortunately I can not get my soft top up completely because the rear bow is stuck in the box! I tried everything so far but it will not budge! The rest moves ok up and down but the last piece is stuck! Any ideas??

thanks

Bill

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Re: 280 SL 1968 soft top , rear bow will not come out of box?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 01:22:33 »
Hi Bill,

Welcome to the Group.

This is an often occurring item such that it is well covered in the technical manual in the Soft Top area.

http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Tops/SoftTop

Have a read through the whole soft top chapter as there are a few do's and dont's there for the uninitiated.

Good luck,

Garry
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356/280SL

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Re: 280 SL 1968 soft top , rear bow will not come out of box?
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2012, 08:21:49 »
Hi Garry,

Thanks for the info! I'll have a look there and see if I can figure things out!

rgds

Bill