Installing a Boot Cover on a 69 Triumph Spitfire

I purchased a boot cover from The Roadster Factory. It did not come with instructions, and I couldnt find any from a manufacturer on the web. So after watching misc videos on Youtube, I asked my wife who is an excellent clothes designer and pattern maker. Here are the key things I decided on.1. The large chrome grommets are for a hard top, and I did not install them as I don’t use a hardtop. It is just sitting on top the boot cover in the photo2. Supplies usedLeather punch with 1/8 tipLiquid penInstall tool from spitbitsHammerPainters tapeExtra snaps from spitbits in case you split one.3. Installing snapsI elected to use the plastic snaps. Nigel at Spitbits suggested this as the metal lines can buzz due to vibration when driving.I put painters tape on the anvil to keep from scratching up the male part of the snaps.Be careful when hammering the snap together. Tap, tap till firm. If you use too hard a blow you will split the plastic snap. I split one.4. Installation orderThe idea is to install the front first as it has the least adjustability. Then the middle rear to center it. Then lastly the corners, stretching it into place both front to back, and side to side simultaneously. I took it off each step, marking, punching, installing in pairs except the rear middle.- put the cover in the sun for a half hour to make pliable- marked the two frontmost snaps first with the liquid pen. The corner of the cover aligned to the corner in the chrome cap piece. See picture.- installed two frontmost snaps, attached to car.- marked the second front most pair of snaps, stretching a bit, then installed- marked middle rear snap, stretching a bit, installed- marked two snaps on either side if the middle rear stretching a bit, installed.- marked and installed the next two rear snaps, stretching slightly- stretching a bit more than the others, marked and installed the last two snaps in the middle of the bend/corner on each side.

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