Hoods & Tonneaux

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Roger Furneaux
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Hoods & Tonneaux

Post by Roger Furneaux » Fri Jan 28, 2000 3:44 pm

>At least MS pins things down a little - his group 2A is TC1851 (Nov. 45) to
>(say) TC5000 (March 1948). Colour changes black to fawn somewhere in this
>range, with the twin-to-single window, but NOT at the same time! The
>unregistered car on p.33 of the T Series Restoration guide definitely shows
>a fawn twin-window hood, but there is no way of dating it. When we have
>sorted out the hoods, how about the tonneaux (please note correct French
>plural - as in my name!) half & full. Clausager says that early
>half-tonneaux were Rexine and only later went to double-duck. Since it rains
>here in Devon, I know which sort would be preferable. And is it really true
>that full-tonneaux were not offered on new cars? And can us early-car owners
>correctly have Rexine? If so, how do you stop water getting through the zip?
As to the comment that the majority have to use Moss products, maybe this
does not matter if they get the radius of rear windows wrong, but what about
other more vital parts? I only have experience of one - a guy gave me a new
Moss rear axle case drain plug which he could not screw in, so he took it to
some so-called engineers. They tried to cut a new thread in the casing and
almost ruined it. The original is a tapered BS thread, the Moss part was a
parallel thread. How many other examples are there?
>
>Happy MotorinG Roger Furneaux
>
>Viv James wrote;
>
>>Mike Card's question about rear window dimensions is a good one.
>>
>>Also of interest would be opinions about when the change took
>>place as well as when or if black changed to tan.
>>
>>I've used a black Moss UK double rear window on TC2459 and I am
>>trying to decide what to use on TC4427 - probably tan with double
>>window. Mike Sherrell is not clear on any of this - he is very honest
>>about the uncertainty!
>>
>>Mike, I can measure the Moss one tonight or over the weekend for
>>you if this will help. We have a concours on Sunday that requires
>>raised soft tops.
>>
>>Viv James
>>
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