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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by LouisvilleLT4
You don't have to spin it around on your head, you just use your arms or whatever body part you want to put the roof into the hatch compartment with either the front of the roof or the back going in first, whichever one prefers. You have yet to describe any way to do it other than that, so your first post about needing to set the roof down or walk to a different place still confuses me.

By the way, I tried putting the roof in the way you do it. I tried loading it into the hatch comparment front-first, and it does indeed fit into the slots behind the seats, but how do you get it to click into the fastener near the rear of the car?

In my case, putting the roof in front-first placed the roof too far forward and so the other end of it did not come anywhere near the fastener by the hatch release that the roof "clicks" into. Without that, the panel is not stable.
Well I'm sure it has to do with the difference in years
But it was fun talking about it
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by floridamale
Well I'm sure it has to do with the difference in years
But it was fun talking about it
Enjoy
Your picture still intrigues me. It looks like yours reaches that rear fastener just fine. Does it?

I can't imagine the roof storage design would be something that's changed from one year to the next... most of the random body/structure things on the car tended to stay the same.
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by LouisvilleLT4
Your picture still intrigues me. It looks like yours reaches that rear fastener just fine. Does it?

I can't imagine the roof storage design would be something that's changed from one year to the next... most of the random body/structure things on the car tended to stay the same.
There is no rear fastener on a 87 I believe the later bodys were wider so they needed a rear suport would be my guess
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 07:13 AM
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Aren't 84-87 tops all the same?
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by jrjr
Aren't 84-87 tops all the same?
I think so yes size wise but they did have different brackets to bolt them on. I think depending on year, you can get a kit to retro fit them. But LouisvilleLT4 has a 96 that is a different animal altogether I believe.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 11:14 AM
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Well I learned something new.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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Well my front Bolts are stripped out anybody have any advise on who to get um out?

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