mk1 cabby roof looks funny! Help please

Hi all

due to the fantastic response and a very warm welcome to me and my previous post I thought I'd ask for a wee bit of help again.

can anyone tell me what the hell is wrong with my roof and what I need to do/buy to fix it?..

thanks in advance



 

Hi mate, not too sure but maybe the side tension cables have broken.

The forum has a great thread on the hood replacement which has a few details on about fit if the hood !!!

Hi mate looks like the side tension cables pretty easy fix tbh.  

What sort of roof is it, vinyl or mohair and how old is the roof?
The roof does not look to bad, but as suggested check the side tension cables, you can do this by pulling on the side of the roof and if there's no tension they are broken, I bought a set from ebay and they rusted through and broke in 6 months so I made my own fron stainless steel cable covered in a plastic, there is a few guides on the web but depending on what year your car is there is 2 different lengths, early cars upto I think 86 then later roofs from 86 to 93 but I could be wrong on the change over year.
Vinyl roofs do shrink over time as mine is coming to the end of its life and has shrunk more than yours and is sitting higher up on the sides and I have the tension cables fitted so it could just be down to old age.

Not sure on mohair roofs as I've never had one.

Thanks guys, the rough is alright apart from a 3 inch tear on the top. It's patched up at the minute. Want a new roof eventually but might temp fix the side tension cables on this one.

i think it's the original roof as the lining is pretty grubby.

how much would these cables be? It's a 91 Clipper

thanks

The inner headlining is not part of the outer roof so the inner headlining is proberlly the original, it is on my car and I've gone through 3 new roof in the cars life, I've had the car since it was 6 years old so owned it 21 years!



 

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