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Re: GT6+ Headliners

To: martine@sirius.uvic.ca (Martine Wedlake) (Martine Wedlake)
Subject: Re: GT6+ Headliners
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 94 9:13:05 PST
> 
> I purchased a headliner from VB a while back and have had it 
> hanging in the basement over the winter ever since (nice warm
> place -- hopefully this will remove wrinkles).  Does anybody 
> in NetLand have any experience with attaching these things?  
> 
> I've read in one of my Triumph restoration books (I don't 
> remember the title -- something about Restoring the Hearald, 
> Spitfire and GT6) that headliners are very difficult to get 
> right.  They were working with the hardtop on a Spit which may 
> be a different thing altogether...  Would it be better for me 
> to get an upholstery guy to put it in for me?

I'd appreciate being copied on any responses to this.  The head liner in
my Cobra's hardtop needs replacing too.

Another question I have is how to match the original material.
Obviously there weren't too many Cobra hardtops made (far fewer than the
650 or so Mark I & II cars built) so it's not something I'm likely to be
able to order directly.  However, I've seen similar original hardtops on
other Brit car from the early to mid '60 and I suspect they came from
the same supplier.  My guess is that some of them had the same headliner
material.  Does VB (or other Brit car upholstery sellers) have headliner
colors and patterns listed in their catalogs?

Roland 
cobra@cdc.hp.com
CSX2282


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