60TR3A
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I had a white Everflex vinyl tonneau on my first car, a '60 TR3A, but my "new" car now is a '61 3A in Sebring White with a nice red interior with white piping, so went shopping for a red tonneau cover - with no success. All the restoration shops sell is the Robbins tonneau in black or white, but being the kind of person who doesn't take "No" for an answer, I went on a quest which seemed to be going nowhere until I spoke with Delia Chavez at Robbins in So. Cal. I explained to her that one of their preferred installers/retailers in my area doesn't answer his phone and doesn't return calls and the next one on their list admits she'd never ordered a tonneau before and doesn't have any swatch charts from Robbins; I also told her that the Robbins distributor in Tamps claims that red isn't available and that I corrected him because I had spoken with Delia yesterday and she assured me that she can get it from their local supplier who imports it from the UK, so she took pity on me and suggested I call The Johnson Company in NJ and to ask for Russ and he'll order it for me and have it drop-shipped directly to me. Inside of 15 minutes it was a done deal and all for something like $378 incl. shipping, and with a production time of "up to 10 working days". Needless to say, I am one happy camper but am now worried that the Everflex red won't come close to the red of my interior so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
So, don't take "No" for an answer if you really want something for your vintage British sports car is the moral of the story. Then again, "Be careful what you wish for because you might not like it when you get it" might turn out to be the moral of this story. We'll have to wait and see. So, stay tuned and pics to follow when the tonneau is received.
So, don't take "No" for an answer if you really want something for your vintage British sports car is the moral of the story. Then again, "Be careful what you wish for because you might not like it when you get it" might turn out to be the moral of this story. We'll have to wait and see. So, stay tuned and pics to follow when the tonneau is received.