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**68ls1** · 02-08-2022, 07:46 PM

Could this explain what these might have been for?

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truckster · 02-08-2022, 11:36 PM

Maybe a rack was on there at some point. I think that would put way too much stress on the lift points if you removed the top that way, unless it has bracing on the inside.

**Getter-Done** · 02-08-2022, 11:42 PM

**68ls1** · 02-09-2022, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by truckster

Maybe a rack was on there at some point. I think that would put way too much stress on the lift points if you removed the top that way, unless it has bracing on the inside.

It has a wood support running down middle, length of hardtop?

If a rack why hinges?

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truckster · 02-09-2022, 01:52 AM

I would definitely not recommend trying to lift the top with those attachments.

The board may be there to deal with the bowing that's common in double wall tops.

**68ls1** · 02-09-2022, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by truckster

I would definitely not recommend trying to lift the top with those attachments.

The board may be there to deal with the bowing that's common in double wall tops.

Oh, I won't be lifting with those, will get a full overhaul

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truckster Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,978	Re: Could these have been used to lift hardtop off? Maybe a rack was on there at some point. I think that would put way too much stress on the lift points if you removed the top that way, unless it has bracing on the inside. __________________ I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson

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02-09-2022, 01:52 AM	#5
truckster Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,978	Re: Could these have been used to lift hardtop off? I would definitely not recommend trying to lift the top with those attachments. The board may be there to deal with the bowing that's common in double wall tops. __________________ I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson



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