Cycling and Stuff

It's the middle of November and starting to get colder.  Unfortunately I forgot to put the Lotus top on while it was still warm.  This is a problem because the Elan has an "erector set" top which stretches across a frame which attaches to the body and the tucks in to the windshield.  When it's cold it is very difficult to stretch the now cold top across the frame and make it fit into the windshield, so ....... I brought the top inside to warm it up!  After a few hours I took it out to perform the stretching.  This was one of those "be quick, but don't hurry" exercises in which, unfortunately, I hurried thus causing too much time to elapse and let the top cool down again.  After much swearing and banging my head on stuff inside the car I got it done.  This was all part of the "fun" of owning a 50 year old classic.

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