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I am currently restoring a 1972 hardtop that came with the car.

 

The car is Pimento red, with a black interior.

The harttop headlining has long gone.

What would the original colour have been, I see there is white, off white or black. Skinner seem to also offer a beige.

 

I am leaning towards off white. But I would rather find out what was fitted originally.

 

Many thanks

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Should be a crinkly white vinyl. Not off-white; white.

 

For my Surrey tops I have Sunfast canvas in off-white and Ultra Suede in cream colour. First one however was the correct white textured vinyl which I didn't care much for. Next one will be a Shadow Blue compatible Ultra Suede to complement an interior in that shade.

 

I suggest going with a light colour as dark ones shrink the feel of the already small interior.

 

Cheers,

Tom

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When I bought mine it came with a black (usable) headliner. When I removed it for repainting it was definitely a black vinyl material and not something that had been re-coloured.

 

Mike

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All original head linings that I have seen have always been Off White but some people might call it Old English White or they might call it very light Cream???? I do not know what Triumph called this colour!

 

Bruce.

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The 1969 model TR6 hardtop cars had a black headlining.

 

I stand corrected :( - never saw one of those in the flesh but have seen plenty of white ones which evidently followed.

 

Here you go Tom............a 69 hardtop fitted to VUX:

 

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Cheers

Andrew

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I have got samples from a long he various sources and skinners white vinyl, looks very much like an old English white. Nice feel to it. So I think that will keep the cockpit nice and bright.

 

Does anyone have a picture off the bottom of the hood where the rubber seals are glued. I seem to have two different profiles for the sides.

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I'd like to know the answer to this too but the following observation may help .....

 

The rubber side seals have two different profiles. One corner is roughly a right angle and the opposite corner has a lip. I glued the right angle corner into the edge between the side of the hard top and the base only to find that it doesn't sitright. I think the seal probably needs to be fitted with the lip glued to the underside of the hardtop. This wasn't obvious from photographs I took before removing the old one because it had flattened so much over the years.

 

David

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