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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">In</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">Triumphs Digest, Vol 12, Issue 59</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">,</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">Message: 1</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">,</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">DAVID MASSEY <</font></span><span lang="en-ca"></span><a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com"><span lang="en-ca"><u><font color="#0563C1" face="Calibri">dave1massey@cs.com</font></u></span><span lang="en-ca"></span></a><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">></font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"> wrote:</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">></font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">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?</font></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">I can’t speak to the EZ-On top, but my experienc</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">e with a Robbins tonneau that I bought a</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">bout 5</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"> years ago for my TR3A wasn’t good.</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> </span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">I ordered a new Robbins tonneau to replace the Robbins tonneau</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">that had torn after years of use.</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">The</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"> new</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"> tonneau didn’t fit.</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">I used a well regarded upholstery shop experi</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">enced in installing tops on British cars to install the tonneau, so I don’t think that the problems were due to the installation.</font></span><span lang="en-ca"></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">To remedy the problem, I sent</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">Robbins</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"> my</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">old</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">torn</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">tonneau</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">and sent them some measurements that they requested.</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">They made me a replacement tonneau which also didn’t fit.</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">The steering wheel pocket was still off by about</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">½” and the top was about ¾” too short. It was also a bit too narrow; I</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"> had</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"> to have the installation shop sew in some vinyl</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">and a different zipper</font></span><span lang="en-ca"> <font face="Calibri">so that I could get it to zip up.</font></span><span lang="en-ca"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">The customer service from both Robbins and TRF was very good, but the final result was</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">n’t good. For what I had spent with the installer, I could have had them make a custom tonneau.</font></span><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri"> That’s the way I’ll go next time.</font></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">Regards,</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">Dave MacKay</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">TR3A s/n 68639L</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-ca"><font face="Calibri">Near Toronto, Canada</font></span><span lang="en-ca"></span></p>
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