I concur with George's assessment. My 59 (purchased in 64 from the first
owner) had the clips. I remember having to replace the vinyl because of
stupid trick I tried to do ending up cutting and then replacing the vinyl.
I broke one of the clips and was able to get a replacement from the local TR
dealer (local being a misnomer because it was 100 miles away in St Louis) -
They cost .15 each (I bought 3) and a nickel to mail them. I had to get a
money order for .50 to send to them... AFTER I received the clips. My how
times have changed.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: George Richardson [mailto:gprtech@frontiernet.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 8:49 AM
To: erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu
Cc: Jim Bauder; Musson, Carl; TR List
Subject: Re: FW: TR-3A dash recovering and metal clips
Sorry, but that's not true. My original, unrestored '57 TR3 had the clips.
The vinyl was a fabric stretched into place and glued, as was the glove box
cover and instrument cluster panel. My '58 TR3 parts car, which had sat
hidden and rusting since 1960, had the same, with the exception that the
center instrument panel was painted crinkle black.
Later cars may have been changed, but these 2 cars were definitely original
and covered with vinyl fabric.
It may have been
erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu wrote:
> 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.
>
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Jim Bauder wrote:
>
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> James A. Ruffner
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