Hi to alls
How to change the furflex on the MK2 ?
I am looking for main steps : pictures would be welcome
Regards
Gérard

 

Don't have photos but originally on my S Type the Furflex was held in place with small tacks (nails) onto a wooden strip that in turn is screwed to the metal body of the car. When I did the rebuild on my car I used staples instead of the tacks to hold it in place.

 

Take a look at this.

 

That's a great video. The weatherstrip and the furflex both are virtually absent on my S, and it's a project I've been very Leary of even starting out. Thanks Rishi

 

I seem to remember Glyn describing a different method of attaching Furflex that sounded a lot nicer than the traditional 'coach building' scheme of the Mk2. It's in an old post, but may be difficult to find knowing the search arrangements on this site.

 

One thing you can do is use google instead. The way to format the search query is in the search bar is put your term, and then site: URL, so that it limits the search to that particular website site only, instead of the whole internet. The colon after the word site is important! For example, you would do:

furflex site:https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/m...40-daimler-61/


I suspect this is the post Peter is referencing: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/m...tached-233407/

 

Ace info and ace work, JB. That is indeed the thread, many thanks.

 

The Furflex is secured using staples and a staple gun, (I still have mine in my garage !). Previously tacks were used and the trimmers had magnetic hammers and carried the tacks in their mouths, They put the hammer head to their mouth to pick up a tack ! Either method involves tacking strips round the door apertures, and also for the headlining. Traditional trim techniques were still in use until the XJ saloon came out. Trimming a car was very labour intensive, so alternative trim and its fixing was developed. I also found when fixing Furflex on my Mark 2 rebuild in the 80s that it is really difficult positioning the Furflex before tacking; there is a definite skill involved. If you get it wrong the Furflex is too loose or too tight. A trim piece fits over the tacked fabric part, and if you go the other way, and fix it too tightly, you can't get the trim cover on !! A definite learning curve before you get it right.