[TR] Convertible Top

[Rochlin Robert]

	My experience with the cloth Robbins top has been, on the whole, positive.  I had my top installed by a local Robbins dealer.  The top looks perfect when up.  The one difficulty is getting the top up.  The top is hard to stretch into the latches.  The fact that it is cloth and the back window can be unzipped makes it less difficult than my old Everflex top with a fixed window to get up. Last week I was having a seat repaired at another well respected top shop in town, and asked owner about the tight top issue.  He told me that, in his experience, the Robbins tops for the TR6 were too tight in the section that went from the rear deck to the rear top frame member and that the difficulty in getting the top latched stemmed from this tightness.
	As I said though, the top looks really great when it is up.
	Best,
	Bob
	’72 TR6
> On Mar 18, 2019, at 8:54 PM, Dave MacKay <dave at mdmackay.ca> wrote:
> 
> In Triumphs Digest, Vol 12, Issue 59, Message: 1, DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com <mailto:dave1massey at cs.com>> wrote:
> >I am planning on ordering a new top and I see that TopsonLine carry both the Robbins and the EZ-On top.? Is the Robbins top worth the extra?
> 
> I can’t speak to the EZ-On top, but my experience with a Robbins tonneau that I bought about 5 years ago for my TR3A wasn’t good.
> I ordered a new Robbins tonneau to replace the Robbins tonneau that had torn after years of use. The new tonneau didn’t fit. I used a well regarded upholstery shop experienced in installing tops on British cars to install the tonneau, so I don’t think that the problems were due to the installation.
> 
> To remedy the problem, I sent Robbins my old torn tonneau and sent them some measurements that they requested. They made me a replacement tonneau which also didn’t fit. The steering wheel pocket was still off by about ½” and the top was about ¾” too short. It was also a bit too narrow; I had to have the installation shop sew in some vinyl and a different zipper so that I could get it to zip up.
> The customer service from both Robbins and TRF was very good, but the final result wasn’t good. For what I had spent with the installer, I could have had them make a custom tonneau. That’s the way I’ll go next time.
> 
> Regards,
> Dave MacKay
> TR3A s/n 68639L
> Near Toronto, Canada
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