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Re: [TR] Renovating TR4 vinyl rear interior

To: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Renovating TR4 vinyl rear interior
From: William McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:46:42 -0700
The TR4 had what amounted to a padded curtain (called a squab) which  
was fastened under the rear cockpit top strip and draped down in  
front of the top bows to hide them and to provide minimal padding for  
the kids in back.  It was complemented by side curtains (called cover  
assembly - hoodstick quarter).  All fastened with lift-the-dots or  
similar at the bottom.  Behind the squab and the top bows was a  
simple cardboard panel (backboard) which may have been covered with  
vinyl or just painted.  The backboard piece had part number 806310.   
Rear squab 806250 (black).  LH cover 564886 (black). RH cover 564887  
(black).  The padded rear seat was 706043 (black).  All were  
available in blue and red with slightly different part numbers.
Regards, Bill


On Jul 6, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Brian Jones wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've a 1963 TR4. The rear interior is the original vinyl. The vinyl  
> has held up really well, but the rear panel (what your back would  
> rest against if you sat on the rear 'seat') has lost all its lining  
> and padding. I can see remnants of muslin and odd crumbs of foam,  
> but no complete pieces of either to know what was there. I'd like  
> to renovate and resurface the backing to the vinyl, rather than  
> just fit new, inferior product. I really like the aged, but  
> serviceable vinyl that remains as it has a loved and used patina  
> about it. Can anyone tell me just what should be behind the vinyl?  
> I'd like to recreate what was originally there.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Brian in Valley Forge
> 1963 TR4 CT14455-L


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