Finished the top today. Glued down the fabric to the front bow. First, I trial fit the clamps and drilled the holes for riveting them later. Jack had said to cut the front bow about an inch above the hooks on the windshield frame but fortunately I trial fit the clamps before I cut them off and found that would have been way too much. I cut 3/4 inch above the hooks and that left enough bow to catch both clamp rivets. Cutting 5/8 inch above the hooks would probably had been better. I then re-fit the front bow and pulled the material tight over it and taped it down. Then, I untaped one half at a time, applied glue to the front of the bow and then tugged and pulled the top back into position over it and taped it back down. Then I did the other side. After setting, I removed the front bows, cut the fabric to leave about 7/8 inch to fold over and glue to the inside of the bow.
I put a strip of 1/8 inch foam weather stripping down the inside of the bow. Then I riveted the clamps on. I preened the rivets down as best I could.
I trimmed the fabric on the end and folded it into the inside of the bow and covered the backside of the rivets. The welting kind of stick out on the turndown of the bow which I think helps it shed water. At the center between the front bows, I trimmed the material to leave a tab long enough to fold over twice and glue - so it was 3 layers thick. I think I could have made it 4 layers thick without problem. I will probably put a piece of self-adhesive 1/8 inch weatherstripping on it later.
I put the top back on and snapped it back down with just the main back bow in place. In my case I found it easier to start fastening the lift-a-dots down starting at the center and working around to the sides. It snaps down pretty readily with the bow screwed all the way down. I then trial fit the rear bows individually from the inside (not fastened in the center) and tried to push them up into position. They were still way too long and I started cutting a 1/2 inch off at a time until I could bolt one side in standing straight up by the main bow - stab the other side into it and force it up enough to get the other screw in. It was still too long when I tried to rotate it back into position and I trimmed some more until I could manage to force it from a vertical position, back into position and snap the locating strap over it. When I say force it - it took quite a bit to rotate it back and once it was in position it was obvious it was pushing the main bow forward out of it's proper position because it was just a little too tall for the contour of the top.
Back to my bench vise and I worked the corner bend of the rear bow sections into a tighter radius from the hinge point.
After a couple trial efforts at this everything was getting pretty close but the main bow was still pushed about an inch too far farward and I had shortened the back bow radius by about 1-1/2 inches. To get the main bow back in it's proper position I bent the top part back a little above the hinge point. So the main bows are kind of "S" curved from the side with a bend forward just above the ferrule and a bend rearward just above the hinge point. This seemed to do the trick and everything pretty much fell in place. I unscrewed the adjusters about 1/4 inch to tighten everything up.
It's pretty snug and taunt. Probably will look a little better if I park it out in the sun for a couple of hours. About the only issue I see is that the rear of the side curtains seem to be a little high for the profile of the opening in the top. The side curtain doesn't snug into the top pocket although it can be pushed up and over the top of the sidecurtain from inside or outside to seal it a little better. I thought cranking up the adjusters a little and getting the rear bow in would fix this but it still is a little off.