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TR2/3/3A TR3A - Leather Interior
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NickMorgan
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That is what I think too, but I am sure someone who knows more will be along soon!
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That is how both TS71909L and TS73624L were done, Frank!
Don Elliott
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Frank - If you want to mix the leather with the vinyl, you will never get a perfect match - either for the colour or for the textured finish. In 1989, when I was re-doing my 1958 TR4A which originally came with red vinyl, I was told that the correct red was no longer available. I really wanted it to be the correct original colour. So the chap I was discussing this with (Jim Hawkins in Witney, west of Oxford, England) told me he could do it all in one correct colour - in leather. So I bought it all from him in leather and it's been there for 18 years and 100,000 miles. The only comment I ever got from a TRA judge in a concours event was the comment, "I've never seen such nice vinyl like this before". I caught him rubbing his finger across the surface. I told him judges are not permitted to touch the car. He said he knew, but he added that he couldn't resist touching it. I have never lost a point with it being all leather - because judges are not supposed to touch the car. Therefore they don't know, they don't think about it and they have no way to determine if it is vinyl or leather.
So go with leather all over.
So go with leather all over.
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"So go with leather all over." Don, how did you get the dashboard done without a seam? Seat backs, door & quarter panels? That must have been one big cow!!! I got a full hide for my 3A & barely had enough to do facings & cappings. Granted I didn't do mine in a stock colour, but I bought the hide first & then was able to match the colour (dark green) perfectly with vinyl. Regarding what is trimmed in leather,even Piggott backpedals in a later publication. "The position regarding the rear cockpit trim rail is uncertain"(Original TRIUMPH TR2/3/3A, p.39) Altho I don't know the history on my 3A, when I bought it the leather was so ratty I assumed it must be original. The dog-leg was in leather but from there back in was vynide.
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Sorry, Frank. I was agreeing with you and Nick. (I didn't realize that someone else had posted just as I sent mine!)angelfj said:
Don Elliott
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Frank in San Diego - The leather was all cut to size in the box that I brought back from England with me. As for the dashboard, I laid it into place and glued it and then cut out the holes for the instruments and glove box, folded the ends into the openings and finished the job when I put in the door for the glove box and all the instruments. As for the dog-leg capping, there was an excellent explanation here several years ago how someone cut pieces of wood to support the steel base of the capping to do it correctly.
The piping and slots for the pull cables were all finished onto basce board panels for the door panel interiors. Also for the "dog-leg" interior panels, etc. All I had to do was screw it all into place with new #4 slotted screws and cup washers into the same holes that had been used previously. The kit also included two sets of red carpets and the ones for the sidewalls of the footwells were all ready to be screwed into place. This all cost me $1700.00 in 1989 and no tax or import duty as I was bringing it back myself.
The piping and slots for the pull cables were all finished onto basce board panels for the door panel interiors. Also for the "dog-leg" interior panels, etc. All I had to do was screw it all into place with new #4 slotted screws and cup washers into the same holes that had been used previously. The kit also included two sets of red carpets and the ones for the sidewalls of the footwells were all ready to be screwed into place. This all cost me $1700.00 in 1989 and no tax or import duty as I was bringing it back myself.
