Bugeye original hood storage strap

[Rut]

I've about worn out Google looking for a picture of an original strap to stow the hood in a Bugeye. Horler shows a reproduction one, but that's as close as I can get. Does anyone have one on their Bugeye or have a picture of one?
Thanks, Rut

 

[Jim_Gruber]

Ray does. Tan, Narrow, more like a leather luggage tag. IIRC. The one in Horler I do not think is correct.

 

[markberry]

when I first got my bugeye, it had a cloth strap in Olive drab with a military buckle. my spare tire hold down strap is in Olive Drab as well. anybody else's like that?

 

[Rut]

My spare tire hold down (if I can find it) is olive drab webbing as well, but I have no clue about the hood strap. It makes since that it would be the same.
Rut

 

[59diamond]

My strap is tan leather. I don't keep the top bow in the car because it rattles to much.

 

[59diamond]

Back in November 2015 Bill M was taking a bunch of stuff to a swap meet in Irvine CA. His list of stuff he was taking to the swap meet included 2 straps at $10 each.
You might want to check with Bill M to see if he still has them

 

[HealeyRick]

I think most folks use a small tan leather cat collar (remove cat first)

 

[Whitephrog]

 

[Whitephrog]

 

[Whitephrog]

 

[Gerard]

I have the tire hold down strap, but it is an off white, as I recall, probably for getting dirty over the years.

when I first got my bugeye, it had a cloth strap in Olive drab with a military buckle. my spare tire hold down strap is in Olive Drab as well. anybody else's like that?

 

[Jim_Gruber]

Bill,

Does 60FROG have the rubber bumpers down at the bottom of the top stowage bracket. You may be missing that.

 

[nomad]

Ray to the rescue!! I had forgotten the two strap's which I don't have.

Kurt.

 

[Rut]

Bill,

Does 60FROG have the rubber bumpers down at the bottom of the top stowage bracket. You may be missing that.

To reduce the rattle I put a 1/8" thick piece of rubber gasket on the floor of the bracket, some adhesive weatherstrip on the inside front and rubber feet mounted with the top screw. I did not cut my rubber mat/Hardura that covers the rear deck, but I did install snaps while I was installing the carpet so it would be easy to remove and that keeps it in place.
Rut

 

[59diamond]

Jim
If you mean the little round rubber things I have them.

 

[59diamond]

t hese straps are on sale at Moss right now.

https://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=130236

 

[Rut]

Ray,
Are these original or repros and where did you get them if they are repros?
Thanks, Rut

 

[markberry]

the one strap I found in my trunk looked like the long ones in this picture. only Olive drab, like my spare tire hold down. there's a bugeye spare tire holddown in the Horler book that is Olive Drab as well.

 

[histerical]

t hese straps are on sale at Moss right now.

Hood, not bonnet.

 

[Whitephrog]

Years ago a guy had a bunch of these made that were exact replicas of the originals. I have had these for 10 years. He matched everything from the original including the unique buckle and the tip.