Need a picture of a midget with the top off.

[regularman]

I need to know where to cut off the new piece of metal that I welded around where the top snaps onto. I left it sticking out over the door on each side because I did not know how far it extends out. The old one was rusted away so bad that I could not be sure.

 

[tony barnhill]

What year Midget? - it varied

 

[1976Midget]

I have a picture of a woman with her top off. will this help?

How comes these cars rusted so bad. was the British metal not good?

 

[jlaird]

Cause they are real old and have not been taken care of over the years. So many of them have sat outside forever.

 

[Trevor Jessie]

I can get you a measurement later today. It is not a critical dimension because there is a chrome end cap there and the seal is cut to fit.

 

[regularman]

Its a 71 and that would be great trevor. I remember the plastic that went over the metal and then a chrome corner, but I'm not sure where the corner is supposed to be.

 

[Trevor Jessie]

It is not as far back as I thought. It is only about 1/8 of an inch back from the edge. It then rakes back slightly.

 

[regularman]

OK, I'm gonna go with that. 1/8th inch back and angle a bit. Since I welded the new metal over the old and did not remove the old but cleaned it as best I could and applied por-15 to the old and hope it will be ok. Having new over the old will make it about 1/8" wider and I hope the top will still fit. That top ws not a year old when I decided to do the resto.