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Hey Bernd,Michael, congrats at first. In NOS condition a very rare find indeed. The A- post screen fasteners on the early series are the long peg type as shown here:
https://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/p-978-lift-the-dot-fastener
This particular one has a 2BA thread. I would need to check whether it's No 10/32 UNF instead. For the thread length would say around 7/16 will do...
P.S. You may still have the slotted chromed original screws closing the holes as a thread reference, right?
Yes.. that's the style... Haven't seen it in the vynil yet ... But looking forward to fitting it... Just hope the pegs all align well.. the screen fixing is an interesting challenge as in theory the rake could cause adjustment to the tension of the coverSounds like that one :
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Checked the thread and would tend to say it's 2BA, so the ones from the link should fit...
I did notice the extra clips on the cover. I'm hoping mine align nicely.. we will see. The cover I got appears to have the front clips to mount in the screen vents.. but I'm not 100% sure yet... Not had a chance to open. The box and lay on the carThe pegs except the center one didn't quite align at the rear in my case so had to put 2 additional fasteners on the tonneau ( check the picture).
Tonneau itself was rather good condition with zipper working. It only had 2 punctures which I sealed from underneath using bicycle tube repair patches. Worked quite well and they are water tight. One tear on the side at the B- post peg I stitched with my good old black sewing thread . After all it came out nicely and is much easier to fit than my other S1 original with the trunk bulge. I prefer to take that one for trips...
My current one has the snaps at the front on the vents.. if you use the tennex style clips it's better...you don't have to pull back on the studs and you can more easily push them down.. to remove.. slide hand upside down to front and lift them up with 2 fingers.. I switched my cover to the tennex ones at the front early on to make life easierYes, the front clips do fit to the vent pegs, but they are nasty ones to attach since they are very much forward oriented to the front under the screen. The later Series realisation with extra and more rearward nipples is much more easier to reach...
That sounds like a good way to do it. I'd seen those clips before but would have never thought about the benefits of using them for the front of the tonneau. Here is a link to some from Moss for anyone not familiar with them. https://mossmotors.com/227-808-tena...S1roD8Yuoq2qhpricMsaaZWa4PGbe_sBoC8d0QAvD_BwEMy current one has the snaps at the front on the vents.. if you use the tennex style clips it's better...you don't have to pull back on the studs and you can more easily push them down.. to remove.. slide hand upside down to front and lift them up with 2 fingers.. I switched my cover to the tennex ones at the front early on to make life easier
Not really for me Tim... The early cars are quite differentThis video on The Sunbeam Alpine Channel may be of use.
Tim R