[6pack] [TR] Roll bar and tonneau.

[Italyfound]

Hi Tom,

I will be approaching this situation shortly on my 59 TR3A.

My thoughts on locating the hole alignment is a little different.

My roll bar  can be easy installed and removed because the brackets that 
hold it are welded to the frame with the mounts coming through the floor now 
located under the rear seat.

Which in your case may require you to remove the bar after it is installed.

My approach will be to installed the bar and once in place run two string 
lines from side to side of the TR3 each string lying against the front and 
rear of the two posts of the roll bar. The ends of each line with be marked 
on the outside body panels of the car. In addition marks via masking tape 
will set the marks to each side of the bar on each string line where they 
meet the roll bar.

At this point I will have located 12 marks....2 on each side of the car for 
each string line end and 4 marks along each string where it comes in contact 
with the roll bar.

I will than remove the bar and set and fix the tonneau on the car. Once in 
place I will run my strings lines across the top of the tonneau placing each 
end on the marks on the side of the car. At this point the 8 roll bar marks 
on the string will be on top of the tonneau and give me exact marks where 
the bar will ultimately pass through the cover.

So that's my plan and I am sticking to it....Just another viewpoint that may 
help you come up with your own solution.....

Alex Manzo
59 TR3A
72 TR6
00 Fiat Barchetta

PS....all residing in Italy including the driver....


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom white" <tswhitez123 at hotmail.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 5:32 AM
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