Thread: Correct tonneau stud pattern for 427 cobra
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Old 02-19-2010, 08:01 PM
Jim Maxwell Jim Maxwell is offline
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Sorry to not have gotten back to you regarding the pattern. I told you I was slow. I will try to get it done this weekend, although I am working both days.
I have owned 4 Cobras (3-289's and 1-427) and the tonneaus are all interchangeable. How do I know? Because I have done it multiple times. I just grab one when I go out on a road trip and I don't care which one I grab. The windows also have fit every car.
I beg to differ with those that think that the studs were placed and then the lift-a-dots were installed on the tonneau to match. That would be next to impossible to get right.
What does make sense is there was a pattern and the provider of the tonneaus used that pattern to install the lift-a-dots on the tonneaus and the same pattern was used by the guys in the factory for the studs.

Jim
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