First Thank you everyone that replied to my Post! I really appreciate everyone sharing their knowledge. Like my Dad always said when working on hot rods, boats, projects, etc "Two Heads are better than one" so in this case I quess 6 heads are better than one!
Second, I wanted to admit I feel like a drama queen right now....
After flipping the top upside down and really looking at the nuts in the top, it was not bad at all! I had to drill a few snapped bolts out, but other than that I just bought a 5/16 tap and cleaned the nut threads. I`m happy to report that other then the back two nuts, all bolts thread into the top perfectly!!!!
My weekend went from 20+ hours of major top repair to 30 minutes of thread cleaning
oh yeah.......