Shane,
pity I missed Your previous post...
I've bought a Mohair hood for my Mk3 Spit. It's great stuff! Worth
every penny they charged. (Didn't want to use the original, "flimsy",
Vynide material after having once touched a Mohair hood with my hand.)
Unfortunately (being unnessesary stingy) I ordered the tonneau in
"plain" canvas material, and boy do the difference in quality of the
two different fabrics make a difference. Not so much in appearence
when brand new, but after a while in the baking sun (midnight sun???)
of summer Sweden... ;-) And the car also looks more distinguished with
this high class material in the hood...
My recommendation is to never buy cheap when it comes to hoods, hood-
bags and tonneaus. And not even the original Vynide is in the race
here... Only textile fabrics count as starters... Plastic is a non-
starter.
The extra pounds sterling they charge for Mohair over Canvas is really
worth the extra strech of ones finances.
YMMV
Yours
Odd
PS
The current TSSC catalogue specifies the following prices in Pounds
Sterling for the respective (Spitfire Mk3)
Hood, Tonneau and Hoodbag:
Vynide 95 80 55
Canvas 150 110 90
Mohair 235 160 125
So it sure is much more expensive using Mohair, but my opinion is
better wait until one can afford it.
Shane F. Ingate wrote:
> All,
> A couple of weeks ago I asked what "mohair tops" were.
> I received a few very funny responses, but nothing to explain what
> they are. All I knew is that they are expensive and apparently
> available only in the UK.
>
> I ordered a Moss Europe catalog, and they explain the Mohair hood
> is used as original equipment on Jaguars, Lotus and MG RV8s; it
> comprises "a spin dried outer skin woven with polyester and poly-
> acrylic fibres, a middle layer of synthetic rubber and an abrasive
> resistant inner layer of cotton.
> Characteristics include a resistance to creasing and colour loss".
>
> So there you go.
> Shane Ingate, no mohair, in San Diego
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Odd Hedberg
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Sweden Triumph Club of Sweden
'70 Spitfire Mk3 FD82497LO Signal Red
E-mail: odd@triumphclub.se / odd.hedberg@bigfoot.com
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