My tonneau (original, I believe) has plain grommets on the front. But you have to stretch it a bit to attach them to the pegs, and it stays on no problem. My biggest complaint is that the rough bottom of the grommet scratches the paint on the air vents...
Doug Braun '72 Spit --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Stuart Greenwood <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stuart Greenwood <[email protected]> > Subject: [Spits] Tonneau cover attachment > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 12:50 AM > I have an original factory tonneau > which at the front has metal eye holes > where it slips of the pegs on the top of the dash. > But it tends to fly off in > the wind. To me this can only work if the tonneau is > a tight fit so the eyes > hold fast beneath the lip on the pegs. Is this > correct or am I missing some > kind of fastener? Maybe like the ones used on some > TR2/3s which have a spring > clip on each side of the part attached to the tonneau > so the spring > compresses as it slips over the lip on the pegs and then > snaps back to grip > the peg > > Stuart a Greenwood > 71 Mk IV Spitfire, 71Mk 1 Stag > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires > > http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
