05-06-2010, 12:45 AM
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I wish I'd seen this video before... I would have been better informed making my purchase decision!
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05-06-2010, 12:51 AM
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Moderate your Moderation.
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Wow... never realized you had to move the roof by hand... that gives all the more reason to make some type of hard top with a tear drop extension!
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05-06-2010, 06:24 PM
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Yeah - the top is manual. So were the early Miatas (and other small convertibles, probably).
I drove a 1st gen Miata, and one cool thing about it was you could raise/lower the top from the driver's seat. Unfortunately, it's not possible to raise the Metro top while sitting in the car. And I think it's only possible (or "easy") to lower it from inside if you aren't using the hard plastic covers that hide the top when it's down.
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05-06-2010, 07:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Unfortunately, it's not possible to raise the Metro top while sitting in the car.
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so, MOD it!!!!!!
I'm sure you still have some left-over forklift motors around you could use to power-ize it! |
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05-06-2010, 10:47 PM
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But Colin Chapman would shoot me. (From the grave.)
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05-06-2010, 11:12 PM
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Those plastic covers are for the showroom only. Once you own the car, just throw them away.
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05-07-2010, 12:17 AM
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Moderate your Moderation.
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Those plastic covers are for the showroom only. Once you own the car, just throw them away.
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I bet that attitude has annoyed anyone who is trying to accurately restore one, too.
I hate it when people throw away parts like that. 
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05-07-2010, 03:37 PM
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Early 90's Mercury Capri convertibles were 100% manual too.
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05-07-2010, 10:47 PM
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Early 90's Mercury Capri convertibles were 100% manual too.
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Wasn't there a 90's 'vert with a crank handle top?
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05-13-2010, 12:06 AM
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You mean a top that went up and down via something like a window crank?
I don't know of one.
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