• Hi Guest!
    If you appreciate British Car Forum and our 25 years of supporting British car enthusiasts with technical and anicdotal information, collected from our thousands of great members, please support us with a low-cost subscription. You can become a supporting member for less than the dues of most car clubs.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

BN6 Tonneau Cover

Share this page

maxwedge5281

maxwedge5281

Jedi Warrior
Country flag
Offline
i have a 1959 bn6 that i have replaced the dash pad in recently. the pad was bought from moss and comes with no markings for fasteners etc. i would like to place the fasteners for the tonneau cover and have a question. do tonneau covers come with the hardware/snaps already affixed or is it up to the installer to match the tonneau attachments to the car attaching points?
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Re: bn6 tonneau cover

The dash top mounting points include a turnbuckle on each corner, and a Tenax stud in the center, just to the right of the mirror. Turnbuckles are held by sheet metal screws that go through the dash pad and into the shroud. The Tenax stud also goes through the dash pad, but has a threaded nut to hold it. With the pad removed, the holes and nut should be visible, unless there's been some changes. On most of the new tonneau covers I have seen, snaps and fasteners are included, but not installed.
Bob
 
Re: bn6 tonneau cover

Posted on wrong thread,

Sorry,
Ray
 

Attachments

  • 100_1342-001.jpg
    100_1342-001.jpg
    41.7 KB · Views: 321
  • 100_1344.jpg
    100_1344.jpg
    46.8 KB · Views: 269
  • 100_1346.jpg
    100_1346.jpg
    60.3 KB · Views: 298
Re: bn6 tonneau cover

British_Recovery said:
The dash top mounting points include a turnbuckle on each corner, and a Tenax stud in the center, just to the right of the mirror. Turnbuckles are held by sheet metal screws that go through the dash pad and into the shroud. The Tenax stud also goes through the dash pad, but has a threaded nut to hold it. With the pad removed, the holes and nut should be visible, unless there's been some changes. On most of the new tonneau covers I have seen, snaps and fasteners are included, but not installed.
Bob
Click to expand...

Picture of the mirror thread holes and the tenax location:


location1.jpg
 
Re: bn6 tonneau cover

Most tonneau covers come without the snaps attached. They come in a packet and you have to fix them yourself, which is fun. makes sense though because all cars are slightly different.
 
i have the dash pad off of my 59 bn6 and there is not a single hole for the tenax stud fastener near the mirror. would this be up to the dealer or the owner to determine and then drill the hole when installing the tonneau cover? also was the nut for the tenax stud held in place by a factory installed captive nut or loose for the installer to place when adding the tonneau?
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Back
Top