Hard Top Relay - Salt Lake City to Boston

[Dizzbe]

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Charles, It's all in good fun...I promise

I would love to see a close up of your tires and wheels...they look great!

Sal - they are great & you should see all the custom work inside the car. I won't spoil all the surprises, but wait to you see it at Vegas. He has done some very different things.

[5bird7]

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Dot, I hope you're joking

yes, Charles, that's why no signature with my post.

[JAB02LHS]

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The first hand off is completed. so I asked one of the Ford salesmen to assist and he did - so that was a good place for the hand off in case anyone else might need some assistance.

Erie or Youngstown are ok with me.

We still need help between Youngstown and central Pa.

94mcd does not want to make the run all the way to Youngstown, Oh and is looking for some help getting the top to him in central PA.

STILL LOOKING FOR SOME HELP WITH THIS AREA, ANYONE AVAILABLE?

HEY NICK, I DON'T MIND SITTING ON THE TOP FOR A YEAR OR TWO IF I GET STUCK WITH IT!

[MintTbird]

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STILL LOOKING FOR SOME HELP WITH THIS AREA, ANYONE AVAILABLE?

HEY NICK, I DON'T MIND SITTING ON THE TOP FOR A YEAR OR TWO IF I GET STUCK WITH IT!

haven't heard from 94mcd if me getting the top to corning ny area would help him or not... i can pretty much pick it up in erie and hold it and get it to anywhere on the ny pa border pretty easy fo him to grab and go the same day across pa or take it back home and go later. im game still for this part... let me know

[VABird05]

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I thought the white top looked fantastic on Vickie's Merlot, but on Mike's Black, with his whitewalls, WOW! Thanks for the pics, Vickie. That was pretty smart to get a Ford guy to help.

[Nicky-The-Squid]

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Ohhhhh Maaaannn is this awsome or what!! I am away at the moment and cannot take the time to update things but I will be home in a couple of days and will bring everything up to date.
Thank You so much Vickie for all you have done. You are a great TBN friend and I am your loyal fan.
Thank you Charles for taking the second leg and taking it for the longest leg of it's journey. I hope you can use it while it is in your posession. It really looks sharp sitting atop your gorgeous bird in the pictures posted..

[VABird05]

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I'm confused. Is "doubutsu" Mike, or Charles?
My apologies, but Vickie referred to him as "Mike", and his profile says "Charles".

[Dizzbe]

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I'm confused. Is "doubutsu" Mike, or Charles?
My apologies, but Vickie referred to him as "Mike", and his profile says "Charles".

One in the same Marilyn. & the top does look good on his bird.

[Leroy]

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I'm going to be picking up the top from Brad somewere near the Ill/IND state line off of 80/94 and take it to John/JAB02LHS to Toledo, OH. From the looks of the time table around the 15th or 16 th of July. My question is, how far out from the edge do you put the tape to protect the deck paint. My car didn't come with a top and I don't want to mar the paint and I don't have the clear plastic protector kit. I was going to use painters masking tape as suggested.
Leroy

[MintTbird]

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just put it on when you meet up... whoever hands it off to you will be able to help...if you go about /2 way to the brake light bump you should be ok but it wont take long to do...

[MintTbird]

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if you wipe it down and put the top on you shouldent get scratches from such a short time on the car... they usually occur when the top is on a long time and grit gets in there... i dont use strips and only leave my top on for 2-3 weeks in the fall and again in spring... over winter and summer driving season the tops off

[MATBird]

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I'm going to be picking up the top from Brad somewere near the Ill/IND state line off of 80/94 and take it to John/JAB02LHS to Toledo, OH. From the looks of the time table around the 15th or 16 th of July. My question is, how far out from the edge do you put the tape to protect the deck paint. My car didn't come with a top and I don't want to mar the paint and I don't have the clear plastic protector kit. I was going to use painters masking tape as suggested.
Leroy

Leroy: The deck strips are only 7/16" wide, so using the painters tape will do just fine, because that's usually 1/2" or wider. And it wouldn't matter if that hangs outside of the hardtop a little. Have fun!!

[JBest]

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I'm going to be picking up the top from Brad somewere near the Ill/IND state line off of 80/94 and take it to John/JAB02LHS to Toledo, OH. From the looks of the time table around the 15th or 16 th of July. My question is, how far out from the edge do you put the tape to protect the deck paint. My car didn't come with a top and I don't want to mar the paint and I don't have the clear plastic protector kit. I was going to use painters masking tape as suggested.
Leroy

Just had a thought,.. (rare I know),.. but what if two non-hardtop owners met as part of this relay, .........potentially there wouldn't be a hex wrench!
We'll assume most have a hardtop at home and the cute little wrench in your Bird's glovebox, (or is it a featherbox?). Now I'm getting pecky pecky?

[Leroy]

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I've already thought about that and I have a seven piece DX drive set and the largest one fits the windshield screws. It's either DX-10 or DX-40, it's not marked so I don't know if the higher number is bigger or smaller.
Leroy

[FritsB]

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Great pictures and artwork Vickie. That White top looks surprisingly good on that Black in combination with the White walls.