[TR] Subject: Re: TR6 convertible top questions

[Creig Houghtaling]

Dave,

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond.  This is the kind of information that makes this list so valuable!  I suspected that the snaps connection to the rear deck was incorrect.  Being an original owner, you have given me conclusive proof that is a fact.  Thanks for the comments about the canvas too.  Good things to consider.

Creig

From: Dave Murphy [mailto:roadwarriordave at hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 10:12 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net; creig555 at live.com
Subject: Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 convertible top questions

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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