Add a "T" fitting to each end that will rest on the door -top cushions.
On Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 01:02 PM, Triumphs@Autox.team.net daily
digest wrote:
> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:39:41 -0400
> From: aribert <aribert@c3net.net>
> Subject: [TR] Support your local Tonneau (or making a birdbath)
>
> My solution to reduce the birdbath effect was to replace the steering
> wheel pocket and the headrest pockets with details that had a shallower
> pattern. The result is that the tonneau has slope at the headrests a
> steering wheel. Unless I am certain that serious rain is expected when
> I need to drive the car, the tonneau is all that I use. My best record
> here in south-east Michigan was putting the top up 4 times between the
> 3rd week of April and Labor day. On a few occasions I had to zig and
> zag on my commute to or from work to get around a local rain shower.
>
> My biggest frustration is the tonneau zipper - I do not use the tonneau
> when driving and consequently have no use for the zipper feature (I use
> an Orris windblocker, intended for a Miata, that works well for when
> the
> temps dip into the low to mid 40s F). My next tonneau will be custom
> sew with out a zipper and I am trying to figure out a way to sleeve the
> underside to insert an arched "tent pole" similar to a free standing
> tent. Sleeving is not the issue, it is in how to keep the arched tent
> pole, bent into in a very shallow arch, from flopping over.
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