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Re: hood storage bag

To: Karen & Greg <higgs@cgocable.net>
Subject: Re: hood storage bag
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 17:44:59 -0800
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net, healeys@autox.team.net
Organization: Positive Earth Drivers Club
References: <002801bf8d3b$6abfba00$fd35e218@busy1.on.home.com>
Karen & Greg wrote:
> 
> Listeners
> 
> I'm looking for some material to make a hood storage
> bag for my 63 sprite. The material I'm looking for is a
> heavy weight cotton herringbone texture material, which
> is medium gray in colour.
> The 62 and 63 sprites used this material for the hood
> storage bags, and I believe this same material was
> used on the late 60's MGB's hood storage bags.
> If anyone knows where I can find this material,
> could you please E-mail me.

Greg

The material you want is called "duck" it is available in fabric stores.
I have made obne and dyed it almost perfect using standard fabric dyes.
More blue then gray, experiment a bit. I never wrote it down.
But the finished bag was a dead ringer.

-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Down to only 3 Sprites, 1 Midget and an A40 Farina
http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut

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