Rear Tank Cover
Mounting the fuel tank cover
Now for the trunk. Put some painter’s tape on the 1.75″ OD round tube (rear cabin bulkhead) in front of the front subframe, as you’ll be marking it. You’ll want to set the trunk cover on the car. With painter’s tape and a sharpie, mark when the front of the trunk intersects the tube. This will tell you the longitudinal position of your front trunk mounts. This sets the relationship between the trunk and the rear tophat mounts. There should be a 1/4″ gap on that rear tophat. The front trunk mounts do have an edge that lines up with the fuel tank mounts. The rear trunk mounts are fixed and you can install them as shown in the pictures.
The bottom of the mount should be no closer than 0.25″ from the rear tube. The edge on the mount that lines up with the inside of the tophat is intentional. That’s how you determine the angle. Height is not critical, as long as it’s the same on both sides. We put ours right under the radius of the tophat’s sheet metal bend.
After mounting the front nose/hood piece, the trunk should be fairly self-explanatory. Grease or shoe polish on the mounts, slip on the trunk, tap against the mounts, drill your pilot holes, drill your final holes, and done.
