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Re: FW: TR-3A dash recovering and metal clips

To: erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu, Jim Bauder <jimbpps@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: FW: TR-3A dash recovering and metal clips
From: Dave Willner <dwillner@icontech.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:27:20 -0500
Cc: "Musson, Carl" <musson@chekhov.arts.usf.edu>, TR List <triumphs@autox.team.net>inia.EDU>
References: <38A8C38E.2B18BB18@pacbell.net>
At 01:15 PM 2/16/00 -0500, erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu wrote:

I agree. I redid my dash about fifteen years ago, and purchased it from the
original owner, it had no clips. Since the "vinyl" was in excellent "wear"
condition, no rips or tears, I decided to respray it with the vinyl paints
available from Eastwood, Camel, that matched Moss' tan interior perfectly.

It's held up extremely well, even with dangling key fobs, and
Armoral-soaked polishing cloths. Sounds like respraying these may save some
knuckles?

Dave Willner
TS 65107L
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>These clips are not in the catalog because they are not original.  If you
>found them there, it is because someone had already recovered the dash.
>The original dash used a "fused" vinyl coat, without a cloth backing.  It
>was fused, not really glued, to the dash.
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> On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Jim Bauder wrote:
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>> 
>> Carl,
>> 
>> I've never seen them in any of the catalogs either. My car had about
>> 10 or 12 spaced along the lower edge of the dash. They are a half
>> circle about 1/2 of a dime size, I'd say and at the straight edge of
>> the 1/2 they have maybe a 1/16 or perhaps 1/32 of an inch between the
>> two halves, enough to fit two layers of vinyl and the thickness of the
>> dash sheet metal. I would have liked to have a couple more of them
>> myself.
>> 
>> Good luck
>> 
>> Jim Bauder
>> '58 TR3
>> Palo Alto, CA
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>> 
>> 
>
>James A. Ruffner
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