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Top Frame / Boot cover - Snap location #1 This topic is about my 1969 MG MGB
mmunley Mike Munley Charlotte, NC, USA Sign in to contact 1969 MG MGB "Maggie"	Topic Creator (OP) Aug 28, 2015 10:50 AM Joined 11 years ago 25 Posts

I am putting on a Robbins Top Frame cover on my 1969. My questions is that is has an elastic strip with a snap on each side by the wheel well.

I have no snap on my wheel wells so I need to install them. Does anyone know where they go or have a picture I can work off of. Thanks

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Re: Top Frame / Boot cover - Snap location #2
pippatch John Sugden St. Albert, AB, Canada Sign in to contact 1969 MG MGB GT 2016 Honda Fit	Aug 28, 2015 10:59 AM Joined 18 years ago 1,354 Posts

Don't know if your boot cover on the '69 is like my '76 cover but..............the elastic strap has a lift-the-dot snap on the end which fits over a post on the wheel well 2 -3 inches up from the parcel deck and about 2 inches in from the side wall.

John Sugden

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Re: Top Frame / Boot cover - Snap location #3
Ex-Calif Dan D Dayton, OH, USA Sign in to contact 1968 MG MGB GT "Bart - Yellow And Naughty" 1977 MG MGB "Red Betty" 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara "Suzi Q" 2012 Jeep Liberty "Tommy The Tank"	Aug 29, 2015 06:23 AM Joined 8 years ago 8,992 Posts

Mine has snaps (not LaD) but no corresponding male snap that I can find. I just let it hang down - Someday...

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Re: Top Frame / Boot cover - Snap location #4
namvet6971 John Rumschik Irmo, SC, USA Sign in to contact	Aug 29, 2015 08:03 AM Joined 8 years ago 231 Posts

I just installed cover on my 75B. When I redo interior this fall going to move male end to center position, to snap down center strap. Hope pics help you on location of LAD locations.

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Re: Top Frame / Boot cover - Snap location #5
ex-tyke Graham Creswick Chatham, ON, Canada Sign in to contact 1976 MG MGB	Aug 29, 2015 08:29 AM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 2,748 Posts

There are 4 Lift-a dot male post fasteners along the edge - these are located 1" down from the lid surface. The 2 outer posts are about 5" in from the side and the inner set are another 14". If located properly, there should be 10-1/2" between the centre 2 posts. Location can be verified by the spacing of the female Lift-a dot fasteners on your tonneau cover flaps.
For reference, these are from a '76.

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Re: Top Frame / Boot cover - Snap location #6
PLGardner Peter Gardner Stanley, NC, USA Sign in to contact 1979 MG MGB	Aug 29, 2015 08:45 AM Joined 13 years ago 617 Posts

So I see how the 2 outer lift the dot fasteners match up with elastic straps on the boot cover. But what are the inner 2 used for?

I also have snaps on the wheel well that line up with shorter straps on the sides. However none of these straps don' have any hardware on them just a square of vinyl at end of the elastic. I'm going to add two snaps and two LTD fasteners.

Peter G

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Re: Top Frame / Boot cover - Snap location #7
ex-tyke Graham Creswick Chatham, ON, Canada Sign in to contact 1976 MG MGB	Aug 29, 2015 08:58 AM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 2,748 Posts

Quote: But what are the inner 2 used for?

Look at your tonneau cover and you'll see that there are 2 flaps (each having 2 female lift-a-dots) that attach to these 4 male lift-a dots when stowed over the folded down top.

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