[TR] Subject: Re: TR6 convertible top questions

[Dave Murphy]

Creig,
The '76 TR6 convertible top should have a stamped plate (Moss calls it "a rear retainer bar") at its back edge with 5 holes in it that bolts to 5 nut plates in the raised edge of the rear deck.  (The 2nd and 4th of these nut plates are used to secure the rear edge of the hardtop.) My car was built in July 1976 and I am the original owner. 
 
In 2012 I replaced my original convertible top with a black Sunfast top. Personally, I like it somewhat better than the original factory roof, because the blacker Sunfast top looks better on my light colored car. The Sunfast fabric can pick up lint, so keep a lint roller handy. 
 
The main complaint I have with both the original top and the Sunfast is that the tops attach to the velcro on the folding side rails for only about 2 years before the width of the top "shrinks" and becomes too narrow to even reach those side rails. Attaching to the side rails makes a huge difference in wind noise and keeping the weather out. I was hoping the "canvas" of the Sunfast would have been superior to the original vinyl in this respect, but it wasn't.
-Dave Murphy, Dearborn MI
 
 
 		 	   		  
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