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Re: Used Tonneau Cover

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Subject: Re: Used Tonneau Cover
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:41:40 +0100
In article <3B4DD38F.FFBD52C5@kymtnnet.org>, Larry Elswick
<sos@kymtnnet.org> writes
>What are some downsides to buying a used
>tonneau cover other than the snap locations
>being different? I've located one that is supposed
>to be an "original" and is in near new condition.

They are water-permeable.

I bought a second-hand (original) tonneau cover for Carly for a tenner.
50% of the poppers were in the right place, so I had to add only a few
others.   I also added some proprietary metal eyelets for the front four
attachment points, as the old material has a tendency to split under
tension.   I can't remember what the eyelets are called, but Richard
knows, and he'll be along in a minute...

The most important thing was to buy a can of Fabsil (waterproofing spray
as used on tents) - as I discovered the first time I left the tonneau
cover on overnight and it rained heavily. :-)

ATB
-- 
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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