Anyone with an IM ROADSTER use a tonneau cover?

I have a 2001 IM roadster and I love most everything about the car.

The one thing that bugs me is the inability to use a tonneau cover that lies flat - the top's bow system does not fold flat down so any cover would have an ugly rise at the back.

So I wondered if anyone might have also been bugged by this and found a way to resolve the issue maybe by some modification to the bow attachments to the car?

I know it's a kind of paltry thing. It comes from my memories of driving around on cold days top down, tonneau on, and the heater full blast making a nice warm cave where warmth for my right side helped a bunch toward feeling warmer than it really was outside. I'd like to do that some more and maybe should have bought a speedster instead so I could.

that sucks Ken 'cause I'd love to have one on my IM. Call Henry and see if he's got a miracle fix

Hey Barne,
Ya still got the AMX thats in your file pictures? I owned a bunch of them too. Big Bad blue, Big Bad orange, 2 green ones like yours, a bittersweet orange ,and a teal blue one. Tom

Hey Tom. The first new car I ever bought was a Green 1970 AMX with a 390 engine. That was a fast car! It looked exactly like this one.

sweet..and the model too

I did ask Henry about it last year and he sent a link to the people who do IM upholstery or tops.

I've got a few other projects but one of these days I'm gonna' try to get the top bow system stripped down so I can try to figure out if it can be altered somehow to fold completely below the rim or closr enough to allow a reasonably tight and low fitting tonneau cover.

I wouldn't want to screw up this top's watertightness though. It rains in Washington (duh) and no water comes into my car when the top is up.It's the tightest sportscar top I've ever had occasion to use.

I just thought it was worth asking if anyone had tried something before me.

The whole tonneau idea might not suit me anymore, or suit me up here. I'm a California native and was a whole lot younger but that won't keep me from trying something.

If your top is watertight, why fiddle with it?

A tonneau is a good idea, but perhaps you are romanticizing its use based on your past, youthful experiences?

I did order a new tonneau for my IM Speedster, but - having had a Roadster previously - I'm not sure I would want one for a Roadster.