Re: [TR] TR3A door caps, etc, help needed

[Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>]

DLylis@aol.com wrote:

>This is a little premature for my project but a am plotting against all  
>impending problems.  Does anyone have a proven method for replacing the  vinyl 
> 
>covering on the TR3A body cap that sits just behind the driver's  left 
>shoulder 
>and the passenger's right shoulder? 
>

Here's some pics of a jig I made to hold that piece.  I covered mine in 
leather (which is I think what would have been on there originally).  
Can't see it in the pics, but the metal is held to the wood by a couple 
of small nails thru holes that were already in the metal piece.  Easy to 
lift the cover away just enough to pull the nails once it is stretched 
into place.

Leather soaked in warm water is fairly pliable.  Then I used a modest 
amount of heat from a heat gun (hair dryer would do but I haven't needed 
a hair dryer for many years).

http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/dogleg1.JPG
http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/dogleg2.JPG
http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/dogleg3.JPG
http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/dogleg4.JPG

Geo


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