Pop Top Canvas Replacement Part 2

This should really be entitled beware all who enter here.
The new canvas arrived and I duly started to glue it to the refurbished ring using Evostick. About halfway round it dawned on me this canvas is too small...Argh!
As illustrated below

Several e mail exchanges were then had with the ever helpful Matt and we came to the conclusion that, I had the later (larger) roof but with the earlier internal hinges front and back rather than the external cantilever hinges on either side and the canvas was fitted again by the earlier method of self tappers rather than the later method (whatever that is). Which Matt had not seen before.
This only underlined that I had a crossover model and Eriba at that time kind of built their vans with whatever parts they had!.
So Matt agreed to take the small canvas back and replace it with a hybrid one to fit my spec, this he did in double quick time and I cannot again fault the service or quality so one more plug:
www.matts-soft-tops.co.uk
So with right canvas delivered the gluing restarted, following the pencil line, as the instructions said the holes in the ring were located using a bradawl

One top tip here is to make sure you keep the canvas stretched as you work your way round otherwise it wont fit!!
Fortunately if you get a move on the glue can be unpealed and restuck.
45 minutes later and we were fitted.

Now the next stage involves a good screw (sorry couldn't resist that!) The screws you need are no. 6 stainless steel 3/4 inch raised head countersunk self tappers.
These match the originals and give enough play to allow for the fact that not 1 hole is drilled vertically.
You cannot get them at places like B & Q so you need a specialist shop or on line. I got mine from

www. pts-uk.com.

 I had to buy a packet of a 100 but at less than £8 delivered I couldn't complain.
I found it easier to assemble the roof upside down on a table
2nd top tip is to align the various holes using in my case an old darning needle, a long thin nail would work as well

Ok screwing upside down is not easy (sorry!) but once you have aligned a couple on each side then the rest go in easy enough.
At this stage they do not have to be fully tightened. I the turned the whole assembly the right way up and took the screws out one
at a time and put a dob of exterior silicon sealant into the hole before screwing down tight.
So then behold the roof is finished!

           
The sprung wire was then fed though the provided slot at the front of the canvas and the joint then worked round to the side. This was a surprising painless process.

Fitting back on the puck was fairly straight forward although it does need two people and an element of supporting the roof on you head as you try and push the sprung wire over the lip, plastic bike tyre levers do help this process.
I would also add that I replaced the rotten linen strip that covered the roof fixing staples with 24mm duck tape before refitting the top.
So the final result

I have to say I am really impressed by the quality and fit.
So as a final reminder if you are going to do this do not assume you have a standard model Puck especially if it was built in the mid '70's!!