Toneau cover fit ment ?
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tonymor said:
I'm looking for a full or half tonneau cover for my mk1. Does anyone know if a mk2 covers will fit a mk1 as searching eBay etc those for sale don't indicate and sellers seem vague.
Illustrated in the first brochures alongside other mouth-watering accessories & now gathering dust in my attic is a MK 1 FULL tonneau cover complete with the little studs you screw through the dash coaming just where it meets the windscreen. You remove the 4 very tiny plastic blanks first & these are NOT on later cars, probably not on later MK1's. It of course can be zipped to cover the passenger seat when driving solo & cleverly you can have the passenger window up The very first full tonneau covers could be secured to the underside of the mirrors with a tab & press stud fastening. Mine has the indented MAZDA logo on it.You refer to a 'half tonneau', there is no such thing. . I think you mean the soft cover supplied new in a bag, which in Mazdaspeak is called a 'hood boot'. It protects the folded hood from dust & dirt but it's NOT a tonneau in traditional ye-olde sports car sense.
As an ex-MK 1 (1990) owner with a 3 year old car presented in ex-factory condition at the first UK Mazda club car shows the tonneau created more interest than the car itself & I've never seen another MX-5 so equipped.
Mk2 hood cover will not fit a Mk1, because the former uses press-studs, and the latter uses Tenex clips.
The full tonneau supplied by MCL won't fit a Mk1 1.8, on account of it needing the seats angled back sufficiently; the later cockpit brace stops that. UK spec covers were embossed "MX5". Tonneaus with pockets for the headrests weren't a Mazda part.
The full tonneau supplied by MCL won't fit a Mk1 1.8, on account of it needing the seats angled back sufficiently; the later cockpit brace stops that. UK spec covers were embossed "MX5". Tonneaus with pockets for the headrests weren't a Mazda part.
MX5Biologist said:
Mk2 hood cover will not fit a Mk1, because the former uses press-studs, and the latter uses Tenex clips.
The full tonneau supplied by MCL won't fit a Mk1 1.8, on account of it needing the seats angled back sufficiently; the later cockpit brace stops that. UK spec covers were embossed "MX5". Tonneaus with pockets for the headrests weren't a Mazda part.
Thanks for the reminder about having to fold seats fully back to fit cover over passenger or driver and passenger seat. Had also forgotten that later pocketed tonneau covers were not Mazda. My cover as per illustration in Mk 1 catalogue. Later cars have not blanks in coaming The full tonneau supplied by MCL won't fit a Mk1 1.8, on account of it needing the seats angled back sufficiently; the later cockpit brace stops that. UK spec covers were embossed "MX5". Tonneaus with pockets for the headrests weren't a Mazda part.
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