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Re: Hardtop trim

To: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Subject: Re: Hardtop trim
From: Alan Lemen <ralemen@cableone.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:05:30 -0600
Michael.

The trim is in a flattened C cross section. The rivets are special ones 
( Rimmer has them at least)  and just get rivetted into the holes on the 
lower back edge of the hardtop. There should be holes if it ever had the 
trim originally. The trim simply clips over the rivets.

Alan


Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>In an attempt to distract myself from the horrors on the TV that have
>had me in tears daily, I'm trying to think Triumph once again.
>
>I have finally managed to track down the chrome finisher for the rear of
>my hardtop, and I see from the catalogues that it is affixed with
>rivets.   How?   Surely you can't be expected to drill holes through
>that nice piece of chrome and rivet it directly to the hardtop?   Are
>there mounting clips that should be riveted on instead?   My hard top
>has nothing but plain metal...
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>ATB

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