Canvas Cargo cover

I put a nos, J Johnson canvas cargo cover on my truck today. It has the black nylon rope for attaching to the truck tie-down points. I would like to see pictures of others with canvas covers, to see where and how you have attached the ropes for the front and rear end covers. At either front corner on the front of the box there are 2 lash points and three ropes (the cinch rope,the front panel rope and a short one like on the sides of the top cover) this has me confused. I can not find a manual that shows this. Also, the ends have a small access flap built into them. Are they supposed to be operable from in the cargo area or from the outside ? Should the rear, end cover go in front of the tailgate or over the tailgate? Also,I am not able to pull the cinch ropes on the ends of the top cover enough to make the cover look right (the nice arched covered wagon look) . I am guessing time and temperature will help? It's 23 degrees out today and freezing rain and snow out!

End covers go over the outsides....think water running down the front of the cover....will it go inside the cargo area or run harmlessly off the cover? Oh yeah, the openings in the end covers should be operated fromm the outside...again, or else rain,snow will be allowed to run into the crago area.


I'm not pretending to be a cargo cover expert, but I did stay @ a Holiday Express once....

All I have on this CPU is an old picture of my rig as it started out...but it'll give you the general idea!

Update. I found the installation instructions in the -10 (thanks Emmado) It shows the lace up for the end covers but it does not show the front corners or clearly tell where the three ropes tie to .

I doubt that any of the shots of my truck are detailed enough for you, but take at look at:
http://www.garbee.net/~cabell/m35pages/m35photos6.htm

More recent photos of the truck (with some better, closer, angles) can be found on my M37 photo pages where I had the M35 attending some event along wiht the M37...). Look around (especially at the Churchville/Aberdeen, shows, and parades pages) on:
http://www.garbee.net/~cabell/photoindex.htm

Good luck

there is a PS artic on the covers in the PS section