Fabric question

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I have the Robbins Stayfast material on my 1954 Jag roadster and it is great material. Fred TC1353 -----Original Message----- From: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Waters Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 12:00 PM To: Liz Harris; Ross MacPherson; MG-TABC Mail List Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Fabric question When I bought my TC, back in 1987, it came with a brand new hood and a brand-new full tonneau. They were in the box, made by Robbins in Santa Monica in 1982, according to the markings on the rear window. They seem to be made of tan "Stayfast". Two years ago, I got tired of getting wet, so my neighbour and I installed the hood. Bought a new piece of wood for the windscreen header, and just followed the instrutions I got off the technical site here on TABC Register. I am well-pleased with the hood (tonneau's still in the box. It is a single layer, seems waterproof, and was easy to install. It looks good, save for the fact that the rear window is too large. The car also came with Robbins side screen covers, which I will install whenever I get time. They did not have provision for stiffening the signal flap area, so I took the stiffening out of my old screens, and had a local upholstery shop duplicate the stiffening in the new sidescreens. Just thought some of you might be interested, as I believe you can still get the hood, etc. from Robbins. -Rick, TC 7881 Liz Harris lizandtweed@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi Ross, I have just this morning picked up a new tonneau AND hood for TC 2259...( no I have`nt just won the lottery..).... from Brown & Gammons here in the UK. The items on the car at the moment seem to be of a heavy canvas material and I know the car went to the USA for a number of years and I think they were possibly made there. I did ask a local upholsterer what the chances were of getting similar material but his advice was to go for a `Double Duck` off-the-shelf replacement on the grounds of the cost of having to buy a minimum amount of canvas and the `modern` stuff would probably do the job better. It`s your car and of course you can do what you wish but I would`nt replace your vinyl with more of the same....I don`t think it was around when your car was made....or was it?...no doubt there will be someone on the list who knows about these things. Just for the record the two items cost 425.75....plus 74.51 tax !!!!!!... I have`nt even taken them out of the bag yet so they could be total c--p....watch this space... All the best. Tweed TC 2259. Cambridge UK. Ross MacPherson wrote: O Sages of the List, TC 3528 (Persephone) requires a new toneau and, in the not TOO distant future, a new hood and side curtains. She is not a trailer queen and is rather rough around the edges so concours quality is not an issue. What is the conventional wisdom on fabrics and vendors. I've toyed with the idea of having the existing bits (all vinyl) duplicated by a local upholstery specialist I've dealt with in the past. I await the list's collected wisdom. Ross In New Westminster. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 6/23/05 Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PCcalling worldwide with voicemail [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -Rick Waters __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links

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Many thanks to all who replied to my fabric questions. The list has again proved its worth. Ross TC 3528 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.7/34 - Release Date: 6/29/05