Tom - I had thought about this as well. Would it be possible to use a
shorter cardboard tube or maybe PVC pipe to mimic the uprights so that you
could mark the underside of the installed tonneau?
Carl
1960 Triumph TR3A - TS81802LO
http://mysite.verizon.net/cfmtr3a/
Tampa, FL
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From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of tom white
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 11:33 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Roll bar and tonneau.
At this point I have the rear section of the new tonneau properly fitted to
my TR3A. I have constructed a template for the roll bar relief holes for
both sides of the car. And I have fitted the forward lift the dot fasteners
on the driver's side.
It seems to me that I cannot just lay the new tonneau on the floor and then
trace the templates onto it. If I did that there would be no allowance for
the stretch of the tonneau when fully fastened.
So I plan to get as many lift the dot fasteners in place and fastened as
possible without distorting the tonneau against the roll bar. Then I can
index the tonneau to the center lines of the roll bar tubes and then index
the templates to the tonneau, At that point I think I can trace the
template pattern onto the tonneau and cut my relief holes.
Any comments are welcome before I do something stupid.
Best regards,
Tom
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