28 Early open cab pickup top install

[mrtexas]

Is this the correct way to put the brackets on and the flap that snaps to the windshield?

[Charles Reese]

there is a separate piece of topping material that goes between the w/s frame (snaps) and the front bar of the top irons. LeBaron Bonney has a video on its website .. the video is of a 31 roadster but the idea is similar ... remember, the original OPU top did not retract.

[mrtexas]

Originally Posted by Charles Reese

there is a separate piece of topping material that goes between the w/s frame (snaps) and the front bar of the top irons. LeBaron Bonney has a video on its website .. the video is of a 31 roadster but the idea is similar ... remember, the original OPU top did not retract.

Movie doesn't show snaps to windshield for 31. This is a 28

Meaning the OPU didn't have snaps on the windshield?

[Charles Reese]

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Originally Posted by mrtexas

Meaning the OPU didn't have snaps on the windshield?

there are snaps, but i cant imagine that they would ever be 'unsnapped' (maybe to let more airflow into the cabin, but then that's what the tilted w/s would do.) i am referring to the fact that the original irons on the RPU do not fold down like on the roadster.

Starting at about 22 sec into the video, he is installing the flap (w snaps) that I am referring to .. I believe you have yours in the bottom pix in your initial posting. all you need to do with that is tack it to the wood insert in the front of the front iron.. the actual top material will then lay over it and tack through it to the same wood insert