Re: [Tigers] Re-stringing the canvas web on the top frame

[James Armstrong via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>]

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the material I have is just the same as original without the "rubber", so n=
o issue.=C2=A0Thanks for the warning!=C2=A0Jim Armstrong=C2=A0In a message =
dated 6/15/2021 6:26:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, garywinblad@comcast.net w=
rites:=C2=A0
The original material was rubberized,grey in my mk1. =C2=A0I found the exac=
t material=C2=A0except in tan. =C2=A0Do not do what I did. =C2=A0Itbecame j=
ust like the hardened crackedoriginal junk within a couple seasons.The bett=
er modern replacement is seat belt=C2=A0material.Gary

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On Jun 15, 2021, at 3:13 PM, James Armstrong via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.=
net> wrote:



=C2=A0Hello all,

=C2=A0Some 6 or more years ago, I went on a mission to find exact replaceme=
nt cotton webbing to re-string (?)my convertible top frame. A note here; ea=
rlier Alpines and I suspect Tiger Mk 1s had three rows of this material goi=
ng from the front windshield header to the center bow to the rear bow. My M=
k 1A. has only a center strip of this material. I saved the steel pieces wh=
ich the cotton is wrapped around, buy didn't take any pictures of the=C2=A0=
"Dress" of the cotton webbing.=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Does anyone know where th=
ere are pictures of the "dress"?=C2=A0 Its kind of over, under, around and =
through.=C2=A0Comments please?=C2=A0Best regards to all,=C2=A0Jim Armstrong=
Mk 1A382002083 LRXFECode 86TAC # 0763______________________________________=
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color: #000000;">the material I have is just the same as original without the 
"rubber", so no issue.</span></div>
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color: #000000;">Thanks for the warning!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; 
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In a message dated 6/15/2021 6:26:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
garywinblad@comcast.net writes:
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<div>The original material was rubberized,
<div>grey in my mk1. &nbsp;I found the exact material&nbsp;</div>
<div>except in tan. &nbsp;Do not do what I did. &nbsp;It</div>
<div>became just like the hardened cracked</div>
<div>original junk within a couple seasons.</div>
<div>The better modern replacement is seat belt&nbsp;</div>
<div>material.</div>
<div>Gary</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; 
color: #000000;">Some 6 or more years ago, I went on a mission to find exact 
replacement cotton webbing to re-string (?)</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; 
color: #000000;">my convertible top frame. A note here; earlier Alpines and I 
suspect Tiger Mk 1s had three rows of this material going from the front 
windshield header to the center bow to the rear bow. My Mk 1A. has only a 
center strip of this material. I saved the steel pieces which the cotton is 
wrapped around, buy didn't take any pictures of the&nbsp;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; 
color: #000000;">"Dress" of the cotton webbing.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; 
color: #000000;">&nbsp; &nbsp; Does anyone know where there are pictures of the 
"dress"?&nbsp; Its kind of over, under, around and through.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; 
color: #000000;">Comments please?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; 
color: #000000;">Best regards to all,</span></div>
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<div>Jim Armstrong</div>
<div>Mk 1A</div>
<div>382002083 LRXFE</div>
<div>Code 86</div>
<div>TAC # 0763</div>
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