I've always unsnapped the snaps and left the zips zipped when using the
full-length tonneau cover as a hood/top cover. With the front part tucked
into the space under the folded hood/top and the flaps fastened to the heel
board everything looks just fine.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: MGB Tonneau
> Hmmmmmm. On every tonneau I've seen, there are snaps located on the
> cockpit sides immediately behind the door opening. The zipper starts in
> front of these snaps, and runs inward and backward. If you left the
> zippers zipped and the snaps snapped, the tonneau would only be able to
> fold back as far as the rear of the door opening, about four inches
> forward of where it would be with the zippers unzipped, and where it
> needs to be for my seatback position. Also, the edges of the tonneau
> would krinkle up and bind as they were forced to roll over inside the
> cockpit edge. Not to mention tending to get caught in the door.
>
> Unzipping the zippers is intended to relieve that "pucker" where the
> tonneau material, which is wider than the cockpit opening, has to fold
> down and in. Leaving the zippers zipped stresses the material, and makes
> the process of snapping the tabs down on the inside impossible. Of
> course, many covers don't have these tabs (or flaps).
>
> It took me a while to figure out the full range of functions and fittings
> on the various covers. Many people apparently never have been aware of
> them. I don't mean to be "anal", you can do whatever you want with your
> cover, but I think some people would be interested in how they were
> originally designed and meant to be deployed. They don't usually seem to
> come with instruction manuals...
>
>
> John A. Walker had this to say:
>
> >There is no reason to unzip the rear zippers. The top will roll up and
fit
> >nicely behind the seat with the rear zippers still zipped. I was always
> >under the impression that the rear zippers were there for 2 reasons, to
> >make reaching in behind the seat from outside the car easier and to
> >facilitate a rollbar.
> >
> >-JW
> >
> > John Walker
> > john@rmartin.net
> > drone@d23.com
> > ============
> >~= Early 1974 MGB =~
> > ============
> > In Progress :)
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
>
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