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
>
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