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Re: [TR] Flap along front edge of sidescreen hood/top

To: "Eric K." <tr3a@xs4all.nl>, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Flap along front edge of sidescreen hood/top
From: Bill & Skip Pugh <anabil007@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:17:49 -0700
Eric,
        Casper's hood (57 TR3) is the same, it can be neatly "tucked" 
in above the windshield  providing a modest amount of comfort by 
sealing that area and at least slowing down the intrusion of rain 
into the car. ... ;-)

>When I bought my TR, it came with a new, unfitted canvas hood & fittings
>in the boot, of unknown provenance and without fitting instructions. On
>the inside, this hood has an extra flap of material along the length of
>the front edge. I've not seen such a flap on other sidescreen hoods. Here
>are some pictures to show what it looks like:
>
>             http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/trhood/
>
>I'm unsure what to do with this flap when I start fitting the hood. Is the
>flap supposed to fold and are the Tenax fittings to go through both the
>hood and the folded flap? Or is the flap to be left unfolded and does it
>lie on top of the windscreen when the hood is fitted?
>
>Thanks for any answers.


-- 
Bill  Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
1970 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA


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