[Healeys] BN6 Tonneau Cover Fasteners

[i erbs]

they need to go into the steel or the cover will pull them out
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
      _______                                  _______
     (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
         (_________________________)
          BT7 engine and disk brakes


1967 MGB  [image: MG]

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words


On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 1:06 PM Neil McDonald <nmcd10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jean. Interesting!
>
> If you look at the Moss Motors parts parts manual it shows a rivet (64) is
> used to attach the turn button. I guess the answer will be the size of the
> attachment holes in the turn buttons/turnbuckles when they arrive.
>
> If screws are used, do they have to go through to the steel or will the
> trim backing board have enough strength to hold the tonneau? Probably not!
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 12:51 PM Jean Caron <
> vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Neil,
>>
>> I do not quite understand what you are asking here but I have a BN6 and
>> the tonneau cover is held at the front by a turnbuckle on the driver side
>> and the passenger side> Each turnbuckle is secured to the dashtop by two
>> screws and there is also a “Tenax “ fastener that holds the passenger side
>> of the tonneau cover immediately next to the zipper very close to the
>> rearview mirror. Nothing else holds the tonneau cover at the front. There
>> are no rivets anywhere at the front.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jean
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
>> Windows 10
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Neil
>> McDonald <nmcd10 at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2019 2:39:25 PM
>> *To:* Healey List
>> *Subject:* [Healeys] BN6 Tonneau Cover Fasteners
>>
>> I need to install several turn buttons to hold the front end of my new
>> tonneau cover to the trim over the inner panel scuttle top. I believe the
>> visible vinyl covers a hardboard or similar semi rigid backing. Am I right
>> in thinking that I need to use blind rivets to go all the way through this
>> trim piece to attach the turn button to the steel inner panel scuttle top?
>> Or should this be a screw attachment to the steel? Comments please.
>> --
>> ____________________
>> Neil & Pam McDonald
>>
>> Email: nmcd10 at gmail.com
>>
>> --
> ____________________
> Neil & Pam McDonald
>
> Email: nmcd10 at gmail.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation  $12.75
>
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys
> http://autox.team.net/archive
>
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/eyera3000@gmail.com
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20190618/d3ebb029/attachment.html>