-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Danielson <rdaniels@snet.net>
To: Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>; 'TR6 List' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: tonneau cover
>I can tell you that on the passenger seat (side by the tranny tunnel) there
>is a "male snap" like the ones on the dashboard. It's mounted on the side
of
>the seat frame bottom in the front hole (There's 2 holes in my seat frame).
>I just got the car in November and haven't had a chance to use the tonneau
>cover yet but assume it's to secure the cover when you have the passenger
>side covered and the driver side uncovered.
>Bob Danielson
>75 TR6 - status seen at
>http://pages.cthome.net/BobD
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>
>To: 'TR6 List' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 1:10 PM
>Subject: tonneau cover
>
>
>>Listers,
>>
>>I have just acquired an OEM tonneau for my TR6. Having never owned one
>>of these in my 16 years of TR6 ownership, I confess to being puzzled by
>>a couple of things. Perhaps the more "tonneau aware" listers can educate
>>me...
>>
>>1. My "hood cover" has four snaps on it to attach the loose ends to the
>>side panels (2 snaps) and the fuel tank cover (the other 2 snaps) which
>>provides a really clean look when the roof is down and prevents the
>>loose ends of the hood cover from flapping around at speed. I see no
>>similar provision for the tonneau. How does the tonneau stay in place
>>when either half of it to all of it is peeled back?
>>
>>2. The tonneau has a strap attached to the passenger side of the split
>>portion (where the zipper is) with a "lift the dot" female connector on
>>the end. I have the male lift the dot connector which I bought from TRF
>>some time ago. However I have no clue as to where the male connector
>>(the stud) is supposed to attach. I know it is somewhere on the
>>passenger seat frame but the TRF catalog does not give a precise
>>location and I have not seen (or rather noticed) this on other TR6s.
>>Anyone care to explain the location? Also, as the seat is likely to move
>>back and forth depending on who is sitting in it, would it make sense to
>>mount the stud to the gearbox tunnel instead? (The strap is definitely
>>set up for mounting to the seat though).
>>
>>3. What is the correct sequence of steps to install & remove the
>>tonneau? The manual does not explain this at all. Do the snaps at the
>>back go on first and then the cover is stretched over the lift the dot
>>pegs on the dash cover? Or vice versa? When removing, is the zipper
>>undone first and then the pegs? Help!!!
>>
>>4. Any listers with 76 TR6s which had tonneau covers from new, do your
>>cars have the lift the dot peg in the seat? (I assume the strap is to
>>stabilize the cover while only half is peeled back when driving).
>>
>>Thanks for any advice/help/etc.
>>
>>Peter Zaborski
>>76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
>>Calgary AB Canada
>>
>On my car it is mounted on the seat frame about 3/4 of the way back towards
the seat back and up on the top metal seat frame. Yes, the purpose is to
stabilize to passenger side so that it does not flap . I have found that it
is easier to work with the front snaps last when installing and the reverse
on removing.
D. Brown
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