A pal of mine has a Daimler Dart (SP250) with a rather scruffy hard
top. He's been wondering what to do with it, and is now thinking of a
vinyl covering. OK, it's dangerously reminiscent of spivvy Mark 2 Jags
of the 60's and crappy Hillmans from the 70's, but in this case I
agree with him - I think it could look rather good, and certainly
rather better than a plain painted hard top.

A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
need the tailored fabric. Oops. Where would one get a tailored vinyl
roof for a Dart (factory) hardtop? Anyone know?

Ian

Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
> need the tailored fabric. Oops. Where would one get a tailored vinyl
> roof for a Dart (factory) hardtop? Anyone know?

I'd be amazed if you could. It'd almost certainly be easier, quicker and 
probably cheaper to find a trimmer that could cut the vinyl to size/shape.

In article
,
   Ian  wrote:
> A pal of mine has a Daimler Dart (SP250) with a rather scruffy hard
> top. He's been wondering what to do with it, and is now thinking of a
> vinyl covering. OK, it's dangerously reminiscent of spivvy Mark 2 Jags
> of the 60's and crappy Hillmans from the 70's, but in this case I
> agree with him - I think it could look rather good, and certainly
> rather better than a plain painted hard top.

> A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
> need the tailored fabric. Oops. Where would one get a tailored vinyl
> roof for a Dart (factory) hardtop? Anyone know?

Since it wasn't a factory option I'd be amazed if anyone offered a kit on
such a rare car. However, a proper coach trimmer should be able to make
one off the roll. 
> Ian

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:06:07 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
 wrote:

>In article
>,
>   Ian  wrote:
>> A pal of mine has a Daimler Dart (SP250) with a rather scruffy hard
>> top. He's been wondering what to do with it, and is now thinking of a
>> vinyl covering. OK, it's dangerously reminiscent of spivvy Mark 2 Jags
>> of the 60's and crappy Hillmans from the 70's, but in this case I
>> agree with him - I think it could look rather good, and certainly
>> rather better than a plain painted hard top.
>
>> A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
>> need the tailored fabric. Oops. Where would one get a tailored vinyl
>> roof for a Dart (factory) hardtop? Anyone know?
>
>Since it wasn't a factory option I'd be amazed if anyone offered a kit on
>such a rare car. However, a proper coach trimmer should be able to make
>one off the roll. 

Why not spend the money doing a proper fettle of the hardtop?  Unless
one truly wants a 70s vinyl top on a Dart, that is.  Am I missing
something?

Dean Dark wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:06:07 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
>  wrote:
> 
>> In article
>> ,
>>   Ian  wrote:
>>> A pal of mine has a Daimler Dart (SP250) with a rather scruffy hard
>>> top. He's been wondering what to do with it, and is now thinking of a
>>> vinyl covering. OK, it's dangerously reminiscent of spivvy Mark 2 Jags
>>> of the 60's and crappy Hillmans from the 70's, but in this case I
>>> agree with him - I think it could look rather good, and certainly
>>> rather better than a plain painted hard top.
>>> A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
>>> need the tailored fabric. Oops. Where would one get a tailored vinyl
>>> roof for a Dart (factory) hardtop? Anyone know?
>> Since it wasn't a factory option I'd be amazed if anyone offered a kit on
>> such a rare car. However, a proper coach trimmer should be able to make
>> one off the roll. 
> 
> Why not spend the money doing a proper fettle of the hardtop?  Unless
> one truly wants a 70s vinyl top on a Dart, that is.  Am I missing
> something?

AOL.

A vinyl hard top is so Liberace I actually want this guy to do it, so I 
can point and laugh.

Having spent a good 20 minutes earlier on pointing out some hard truths 
to fans of the Austin Princess, I could really do with seeing a pic of a 
  Daimler Dart with a vinyl covered hard top.

*Please* do it, but make sure we get to see pictures.

-- 
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 325i SE Touring
Range Rover V8 Turbo

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country"

On 6 Jul, 20:15, Adrian  wrote:
> Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
> > A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
> > need the tailored fabric. Oops. Where would one get a tailored vinyl
> > roof for a Dart (factory) hardtop? Anyone know?
>
> I'd be amazed if you could. It'd almost certainly be easier, quicker and
> probably cheaper to find a trimmer that could cut the vinyl to size/shape.

Cutting the vinyl to shape or size is trivial. But apparently they
also need seams and stitching and stuff when they have to go round
very compound curves.

Ian

On 7 Jul, 01:15, Dean Dark  wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:06:07 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
>
>
>
>  wrote:
> >In article
> >,
> >   Ian  wrote:
> >> A pal of mine has a Daimler Dart (SP250) with a rather scruffy hard
> >> top. He's been wondering what to do with it, and is now thinking of a
> >> vinyl covering. OK, it's dangerously reminiscent of spivvy Mark 2 Jags
> >> of the 60's and crappy Hillmans from the 70's, but in this case I
> >> agree with him - I think it could look rather good, and certainly
> >> rather better than a plain painted hard top.
>
> >> A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
> >> need the tailored fabric. Oops. Where would one get a tailored vinyl
> >> roof for a Dart (factory) hardtop? Anyone know?
>
> >Since it wasn't a factory option I'd be amazed if anyone offered a kit on
> >such a rare car. However, a proper coach trimmer should be able to make
> >one off the roll.
>
> Why not spend the money doing a proper fettle of the hardtop?  Unless
> one truly wants a 70s vinyl top on a Dart, that is.  Am I missing
> something?

That is also a possibility under consideration. It's not just a 70s
thing, though - thing of Riley RM roofs.

Ian

On 7 Jul, 02:51, Pete M  wrote:

> A vinyl hard top is so Liberace I actually want this guy to do it, so I
> can point and laugh.

The whole bloody Dart is Liberace in the extreme.

> Having spent a good 20 minutes earlier on pointing out some hard truths
> to fans of the Austin Princess, I could really do with seeing a pic of a
>   Daimler Dart with a vinyl covered hard top.

I think that it could look quite good, if properly done. My Herald
hardtop has a vinyl-y sort of effect moulded in (Honeybourne
mouldings) and looks quite respectable.

> BMW 325i SE Touring
> Range Rover V8 Turbo

And you are criticising others for being brash, flash, tacky and
tasteless?

Love,

Ian

On 7 Jul, 01:15, Dean Dark  wrote:

> Why not spend the money doing a proper fettle of the hardtop?

Fuller answer. It might be a lot of time and money, and not much of a
fettle at the end of it. It's a fibreglass hardtop, and suffers from
(a) cracking of the gel coat and (b) quite serious rippling of the top
- which is probably why the gel coat has cracked.

(a) could be tackled by a full gel strip and rebuild, but that
wouldn't do anything for (b), and although some additional stiffening
inside might help, I suspect that this particular hardtop will never
be great. In particular, it will never look great in anything gloss.

So one plan is to look around for a better hardtop and, in the
meantime, vinyl this one. It's only one possibility, and if we can
find someone who can make up the vinyl there will be a stage of
draping and pinning the material to the fibreglass and assessing how
it looks.

Harry Enfield style lectures on "You don't want to do it like that,
you want to do it like this" are therefore not particularly useful -
though I realise they are very traditional on u.r.c.c!

Ian

In article
,
   Ian  wrote:
> > I'd be amazed if you could. It'd almost certainly be easier, quicker
> > and probably cheaper to find a trimmer that could cut the vinyl to
> > size/shape.

> Cutting the vinyl to shape or size is trivial. But apparently they
> also need seams and stitching and stuff when they have to go round
> very compound curves.

Which is what a proper coach trimmer does. Like with seats...

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                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article
,
   Ian  wrote:
> > Why not spend the money doing a proper fettle of the hardtop?

> Fuller answer. It might be a lot of time and money, and not much of a
> fettle at the end of it. It's a fibreglass hardtop, and suffers from
> (a) cracking of the gel coat and (b) quite serious rippling of the top
> - which is probably why the gel coat has cracked.

Sounds like just spraying with suitable paint will look like vinyl...;-)

-- 
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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Ian wrote:
> On 7 Jul, 02:51, Pete M  wrote:
> 
>> A vinyl hard top is so Liberace I actually want this guy to do it, so I
>> can point and laugh.
> 
> The whole bloody Dart is Liberace in the extreme.

Yup.
> 
>> Having spent a good 20 minutes earlier on pointing out some hard truths
>> to fans of the Austin Princess, I could really do with seeing a pic of a
>>   Daimler Dart with a vinyl covered hard top.
> 
> I think that it could look quite good, if properly done. My Herald
> hardtop has a vinyl-y sort of effect moulded in (Honeybourne
> mouldings) and looks quite respectable.

Um... maybe...
> 
>> BMW 325i SE Touring
>> Range Rover V8 Turbo
> 
> And you are criticising others for being brash, flash, tacky and
> tasteless?

An E30 and a Range Rover "Classic". Yeah, right I am :-p


-- 
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 325i SE Touring
Range Rover V8 Turbo

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country"

Ian  wrote:

> A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
> need the tailored fabric.

He can't be a very good restorer. When my wife's 1275GT Mini was
vandalised at a railway station, the local vehicle restorer replaced all
of the roof vinyl and retrimmed the Websasto sunroof, using off-the-roll
vinyl cloth for the job. What he bodged was putting the rear window back
and I had to get a glass fitter to do the job properly.

Maybe your pal should look for someone else to do the work?

On 7 Jul, 10:22, "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote:
> In article
> ,
>    Ian  wrote:
>
> > > I'd be amazed if you could. It'd almost certainly be easier, quicker
> > > and probably cheaper to find a trimmer that could cut the vinyl to
> > > size/shape.
> > Cutting the vinyl to shape or size is trivial. But apparently they
> > also need seams and stitching and stuff when they have to go round
> > very compound curves.
>
> Which is what a proper coach trimmer does. Like with seats...

OK, thanks. I have coincidentally just heard of an excellent coach
trimmer who does classic stuff from a tiny place in my nearest town,
so I shall mosey across and ask him.

Ian

On 7 Jul, 10:51, Pete M  wrote:

> An E30 and a Range Rover "Classic". Yeah, right I am :-p


Double hedgehog!

Ian

On 7 Jul, 10:24, "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote:
> In article
> ,
>    Ian  wrote:
>
> > > Why not spend the money doing a proper fettle of the hardtop?
> > Fuller answer. It might be a lot of time and money, and not much of a
> > fettle at the end of it. It's a fibreglass hardtop, and suffers from
> > (a) cracking of the gel coat and (b) quite serious rippling of the top
> > - which is probably why the gel coat has cracked.
>
> Sounds like just spraying with suitable paint will look like vinyl...;-)

I have learned while researching this that here were spray on vinyls
available for this - the restorer chap used them in the distant past.
But he thinks they are no longer available - the solvents were
apparently pretty potent ...

Ian

On 7 Jul, 11:32, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> Ian  wrote:
> > A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
> > need the tailored fabric.
>
> He can't be a very good restorer. When my wife's 1275GT Mini was
> vandalised at a railway station, the local vehicle restorer replaced all
> of the roof vinyl and retrimmed the Websasto sunroof, using off-the-roll
> vinyl cloth for the job. What he bodged was putting the rear window back
> and I had to get a glass fitter to do the job properly.
>
> Maybe your pal should look for someone else to do the work?

He's a bloody good restorer - one of the best I have met. First time I
went round he had three E-Types in for full body jobs, and people
don't give 'em to just anyone.

That aside, I think you may misunderstand. Replacing a sunroof is
fairly trivial: it's a flat bit of hood material which has to be
folder over and stuck down. I'm talking about a full vinyl covering
for the hard top, which means going round some b-i-g compound curves.
Hence the need for initial tailoring, and just as body guys don't
generally make interior trim, so they don't generally tailor roofs. I
might ask him to fit a hood, but I wouldn't expect him to make one ...

Ian

Ian  wrote:

> On 7 Jul, 11:32, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> > Ian  wrote:
> > > A local restorer can happily fit one - he's done it before - but would
> > > need the tailored fabric.
> >
> > He can't be a very good restorer. When my wife's 1275GT Mini was
> > vandalised at a railway station, the local vehicle restorer replaced all
> > of the roof vinyl and retrimmed the Websasto sunroof, using off-the-roll
> > vinyl cloth for the job. What he bodged was putting the rear window back
> > and I had to get a glass fitter to do the job properly.
> >
> > Maybe your pal should look for someone else to do the work?
> 
> He's a bloody good restorer - one of the best I have met. First time I
> went round he had three E-Types in for full body jobs, and people
> don't give 'em to just anyone.
> 
> That aside, I think you may misunderstand.

No, I think you misunderstand.

> Replacing a sunroof is
> fairly trivial: it's a flat bit of hood material which has to be
> folder over and stuck down.

Uh huh, I know.

> I'm talking about a full vinyl covering
> for the hard top, which means going round some b-i-g compound curves.

"the local vehicle restorer replaced all of the roof vinyl" is the bit
that you missed.

> Hence the need for initial tailoring, and just as body guys don't
> generally make interior trim, so they don't generally tailor roofs. I
> might ask him to fit a hood, but I wouldn't expect him to make one ...

Go somewhere that can do the job then.

In article
,
   Ian  wrote:
> > Maybe your pal should look for someone else to do the work?

> He's a bloody good restorer - one of the best I have met. First time I
> went round he had three E-Types in for full body jobs, and people
> don't give 'em to just anyone.

Body jobs? The skills required to restore bodywork ain't the same as those
for coach trimming - and I'd be surprised to find an expert in both.  

> That aside, I think you may misunderstand. Replacing a sunroof is
> fairly trivial: it's a flat bit of hood material which has to be
> folder over and stuck down. I'm talking about a full vinyl covering
> for the hard top, which means going round some b-i-g compound curves.
> Hence the need for initial tailoring, and just as body guys don't
> generally make interior trim, so they don't generally tailor roofs. I
> might ask him to fit a hood, but I wouldn't expect him to make one ...

-- 
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On 7 Jul, 12:32, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> Ian  wrote:

> > I'm talking about a full vinyl covering
> > for the hard top, which means going round some b-i-g compound curves.
>
> "the local vehicle restorer replaced all of the roof vinyl" is the bit
> that you missed.

Whoops. I wonder how the size and profile of that compares to the
Dart, though. I suspect it doesn't have nearly as big compound curved
sections.

> > Hence the need for initial tailoring, and just as body guys don't
> > generally make interior trim, so they don't generally tailor roofs. I
> > might ask him to fit a hood, but I wouldn't expect him to make one ...
>
> Go somewhere that can do the job then.

Why? If we can find someone who can make the roof and someone local
who can fit it?

Ian

On 7 Jul, 14:09, "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote:
> In article
> ,
>    Ian  wrote:
>
> > > Maybe your pal should look for someone else to do the work?
> > He's a bloody good restorer - one of the best I have met. First time I
> > went round he had three E-Types in for full body jobs, and people
> > don't give 'em to just anyone.
>
> Body jobs? The skills required to restore bodywork ain't the same as those
> for coach trimming - and I'd be surprised to find an expert in both.

That's my point precisely. He can fit vinyl roofs - on a related note,
I have seen an RM roof he did, beautifully - but he doesn't make them.
Which is why we're looking for someone who can make them and ...
<buries head in hands> ...

Ian

Ian  wrote:

> > Go somewhere that can do the job then.
> 
> Why? If we can find someone who can make the roof and someone local
> who can fit it?

Errm because it makes sense to go to someone who can do the job rather
than someone who obviously can't. Do you pop around to the cobblers to
get them to put stick-a-soles over the tyres when they get a bit low?

On 7 Jul, 15:12, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> Ian  wrote:
> > > Go somewhere that can do the job then.
>
> > Why? If we can find someone who can make the roof and someone local
> > who can fit it?
>
> Errm because it makes sense to go to someone who can do the job rather
> than someone who obviously can't. Do you pop around to the cobblers to
> get them to put stick-a-soles over the tyres when they get a bit low?

I'll tactfully assume that you're just being contentious for the sake
of it here. Well, each to his own.

But in case anyone is wondering: the man in questions is perfectly
capable of fitting a vinyl roof. He just doesn't make them, but that's
not a particularly big problem if it's possible to get them from
somebody else. Which is why I was asking the question. If the only way
of getting one fitted is to go to another company then of course that
option will be considered.

As a matter of interest, can I presume that you would only ever go to
a body shop which pressed their own panels, or an engine rebuilders
who cast their own pistons?

Hugs and kisses,

Ian

On 7 Jul, 15:12, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> Ian  wrote:
> > > Go somewhere that can do the job then.
>
> > Why? If we can find someone who can make the roof and someone local
> > who can fit it?
>
> Errm because it makes sense to go to someone who can do the job rather
> than someone who obviously can't. Do you pop around to the cobblers to
> get them to put stick-a-soles over the tyres when they get a bit low?

PS Forgot to mention. My local tyre fitters BUY THE TYRES IN!
Horrors!

Ian

PPS Though the last tyres I bought for the 2CV were fitted to the
wheels by Michelin!

Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> As a matter of interest, can I presume that you would only ever go to a
> body shop which pressed their own panels, or an engine rebuilders who
> cast their own pistons?

If the parts weren't available, yes, I would expect the same person who 
was going to make 'em to fit 'em. There's no way bespoke trim is going to 
fit correctly without some kind of pattern (such as the actual top)...

Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> PPS Though the last tyres I bought for the 2CV were fitted to the wheels
> by Michelin!

Be careful. A friend of mine got some of those from Uncle Roy - the 
valves were rotted.

Ian  wrote:

> As a matter of interest, can I presume that you would only ever go to a
> body shop which pressed their own panels,

Depending on the car, yes although not pressed, wheeled.

> or an engine rebuilders who cast their own pistons?

Forged.

In article
,
   Ian  wrote:
> > Body jobs? The skills required to restore bodywork ain't the same as
> > those for coach trimming - and I'd be surprised to find an expert in
> > both.

> That's my point precisely. He can fit vinyl roofs - on a related note,
> I have seen an RM roof he did, beautifully - but he doesn't make them.

Well I fitted new roof lining to my SD1 - but I couldn't make seats out of
leather.

> Which is why we're looking for someone who can make them and ...
> <buries head in hands> ...

As I said you want a coach trimmer. Look in Practical Classics etc. Or
even Yellow pages. It's not rocket science, stitching vinyl.

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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article
,
   Ian  wrote:
> As a matter of interest, can I presume that you would only ever go to
> a body shop which pressed their own panels, or an engine rebuilders
> who cast their own pistons?

Certainly not to get a vinyl roof - as you appear to have done. ;-)

-- 
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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 7 Jul, 15:47, Adrian  wrote:
> Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
> > As a matter of interest, can I presume that you would only ever go to a
> > body shop which pressed their own panels, or an engine rebuilders who
> > cast their own pistons?
>
> If the parts weren't available, yes, I would expect the same person who
> was going to make 'em to fit 'em.

And if the parts were available ... ?

> There's no way bespoke trim is going to
> fit correctly without some kind of pattern (such as the actual top)...

As far as I am aware, the Coventry Hood Company does not fit hoods.
Does that mean I should not use one made by them?

Ian

On 7 Jul, 16:53, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> Ian  wrote:
> > As a matter of interest, can I presume that you would only ever go to a
> > body shop which pressed their own panels,
>
> Depending on the car, yes although not pressed, wheeled.

Hmm. Interesting. You'll hate me even more for having a NOS rear door
fitted to the DS last year then ... and not by Citroen!

Ian

On 7 Jul, 17:36, "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote:
> In article
> ,
>    Ian  wrote:
>
> > As a matter of interest, can I presume that you would only ever go to
> > a body shop which pressed their own panels, or an engine rebuilders
> > who cast their own pistons?
>
> Certainly not to get a vinyl roof - as you appear to have done. ;-)

Depends, I think, how much slack the fitting takes out of them.

Ian

On 7 Jul, 15:48, Adrian  wrote:
> Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
> > PPS Though the last tyres I bought for the 2CV were fitted to the wheels
> > by Michelin!
>
> Be careful. A friend of mine got some of those from Uncle Roy - the
> valves were rotted.

They've survived a couple of years fine. I was thinking of getting two
more for the back, but they're a hundred quid each now ...

Ian

On 7 Jul, 17:34, "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote:

> As I said you want a coach trimmer. Look in Practical Classics etc. Or
> even Yellow pages. It's not rocket science, stitching vinyl.

Actually, what I want /at the moment/ is a trimmer who already has a
pattern for a vinyl top for a Dart factory hardtop. If that's
impossible, we'll go on to option B - finding someone who can make one
from scratch. Since that would inevitably involve them having the top,
it would of course then be sensible for them to fit it.

Incidentally, it really is a friend's car, but I'm looking after it
for him at the moment while his garage has some work done.

Ian

Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

>> If the parts weren't available, yes, I would expect the same person who
>> was going to make 'em to fit 'em.

> And if the parts were available ... ?

Then, clearly, it'd be daft to.

So go and buy a pre-cut vinyl roof kit for an SP250 hardtop, then... Oh, 
wait. You can't. Because they aren't available...

Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> Actually, what I want /at the moment/ is a trimmer who already has a
> pattern for a vinyl top for a Dart factory hardtop.

Since you're probably the only person daft enough to even contemplate it 
in the last 30+ years...

On 7 Jul, 18:34, Adrian  wrote:
> Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
> >> If the parts weren't available, yes, I would expect the same person who
> >> was going to make 'em to fit 'em.
> > And if the parts were available ... ?
>
> Then, clearly, it'd be daft to.
>
> So go and buy a pre-cut vinyl roof kit for an SP250 hardtop, then... Oh,
> wait. You can't. Because they aren't available...

But. That's. What. I'm. Trying. To. Find. Out.

Ian

On 7 Jul, 18:35, Adrian  wrote:
> Ian  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
> > Actually, what I want /at the moment/ is a trimmer who already has a
> > pattern for a vinyl top for a Dart factory hardtop.
>
> Since you're probably the only person daft enough to even contemplate it
> in the last 30+ years...

A Dart with vinyled hardtop was on eBay earlier this year ...

Ian

In article
,
   Ian  wrote:
> > So go and buy a pre-cut vinyl roof kit for an SP250 hardtop, then... Oh,
> > wait. You can't. Because they aren't available...

> But. That's. What. I'm. Trying. To. Find. Out.

Contact an SP250 specialist. If anyone makes such a thing they'd know.
But no-one makes a kit for tiny demand. Ie, 1.

-- 
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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 8 Jul, 09:13, "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote:
> In article
> ,
>    Ian  wrote:
>
> > > So go and buy a pre-cut vinyl roof kit for an SP250 hardtop, then... Oh,
> > > wait. You can't. Because they aren't available...
> > But. That's. What. I'm. Trying. To. Find. Out.
>
> Contact an SP250 specialist. If anyone makes such a thing they'd know.
> But no-one makes a kit for tiny demand. Ie, 1.

Indeed. But someone may already have done it as a one-off but retained
the patterns. For example, I enquired from a trimmer recently if they
could make a set of carpet for my Reliant Rebel. Sue, they said, and
we'll do it for 40% off because we can keep the pattern for the
future. Automec do the same with brake pipe sets - if yours is the
first it costs a tenner.

Enquiries through the DLOC proceed.

Ian