1967 Imperial Convertible

[RKC]

1. My trunk deck lid will not stay up all of the way. How do you adjust the torsion bars? Mine is currently in the middle hole. Service manual is not clear.
2. What vendors are recommended for a new convertible top?
Thanks

 

[CBODY67]

Those torsion rods normally do not weaken with time, from what I've seen. Not to say they can't. What other weight does the deck lid have on it?

Changing the adjustment holes for the rods can be tricky and need some muscle. Think how much weight is being supported, for one thing, which must be counterbalanced and leveraged by the rods. I suspect the reason it is not mentioned in many FSMs is that it is very uncommon to need to do. PLUS borderline dangerous.

Robbins used to be one of the quality top brands, that was at least OEM-level quality. Not sure if that is still the case. Others might have comments on that, too.

CBODY67