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My new tonneau arrived from AH spares fast and no hassels. I now have three questions. First, what are the two flaps for? And are they to face forward or back (to resist wind) since the snaps have to be put on? And how is the snap at the back door pillar put on (there is an overlap so the front can be folded down behind the seats)? Which gets the snap? If its the under one, the over one will raise up at speed with out being secured. This is for a BJ8. I've not been able to find pictures anywhere and I'm isolated up here.
Thanks for any help,
Rich
 
The flaps are for fastening the tonneau behind an "occupied" seat. There should be two studs behind each seat that match the snaps on the flaps.

On my tonneau, at the door pilar there is a snap for the back part (over) and there is a grommet for the front part (under). When the tonneau covers the car the grommet goes over the stud, then the snap secures the the assembly. When the tonneau is folded behind the seat the rear part is snapped and grommeted part is left "floating"
 
Thank you ThomP and also Dave. The info was good and I solved the problem. I couldn't find where the flaps attach so there must be some holes under the carpet. Was the tonneau an option and if so maybe there would not be any holes to look for? I need to find them before I unstall the snaps to the flap.
 
"The cover was an option on all convertibles. Cars made prior to Aug. 1962 (car #20392) only had studs installed if the cover was to be factory installed. After this date all cars were equipped with studs." Yours should be in the later category. (Quote from A.D. Clausager)

Some careful probing into the carpet with an ice pick might turn up some hidden holes. If not, maybe someone can give you a measurment or your best guess would be close.
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It's often easier to remove the rear wheel and look for the holes from the wheel well. My car was undercoated and it was still easier to locate the holes fron the back side. Save youself some trouble and purchase the studs, when they arrive, take the wheel off and look. It is definately easier to install the studs with the wheel off.

Did your car come with the support rails for the tonneau and no tonneau?
 
Actually, Thom, it came with a "home made" tonneau without the support rails. It looked ok and was well made but just not classy. I got the new one with new rails and now it looks pretty good. I really wanted to have a place I could hide luggage and not have things blow away as with the hood cover thing. Thanks again for all your help. It occured to me that if I used standard snaps I could snap the flaps to the tonneau when not used to snap to the body of the car????
 
Those flaps have the "lift the dot" type fastners on them and corresponding studs on the wall behind the front seats. Usually one discovers the studs when banging on the wall for the first time to get the fuel pump working ... (ouch). I don't think you need to snap the flaps to the tonneau because they are located far enough forward to be out of the wind. I've never had a problem with them flapping around anyway (actually the only side that could possibly flap is the passenger side since it's pretty hard to drive with the driver side covered).

The seat belt through hole flaps have a more standard snap. Let me know if you need any pictures.

Cheers,
John
 
Where does one find a seat belt/shoulder harness which works through the hole? The shoulder stap would have to be detachable. I need new belts anyway.
 
I think the usual suppliers have the detachable type belt. I drive with the tonneau cover all the time (o.k. past tense since my car is under resto) but it's too much hassle to remove the belt each time you want to cover the interior. I just don't bother with threading the shoulder belts through the slots and just fold the tonneau flap under in the shoulder belt attachment area so that the tonneau doesn't weight on the belt. It doesn't bother me when driving and it makes it very easy to cover everything up upon arrival.

Cheers,
John
 
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