Hello, I am newbie on this forum.
I made myself happy and bought a Jaguar 3.8S. I'm at the beginning now and I think it will be a project for at least a year or two.



Now I am dismantling the interior (the body must be sandblasted) and I have one question, please.
What is the material of the pad in the body to which the furflex is attached ? Wood, rubber ?
It is possible to buy it ? Does it have an original Jaguar number ?
Is there anything that can be replaced ?



Thanks Roman

 

I think its called tacking strip, from what I remember its very expensive so if you can save it I would.

 

Looks like "hood welting" "bonnet welting".

Here some examples, but if you Google the above more will come up.

https://replacementpartsinc.com/pre-...onnet-webbing/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/******-Jeep...-/271259267676

 

Thanks, but it is cca 1 cm x 1 cm (square cross section).

 

Thanks, I am trying to save it, but some small parts are damaged. I will try to find a replacement.

 

Maybe this, the 3/8 X 1/2 might be close enough.

https://www.bobdrake.com/tackingstrips

 

I have shreds of what you are referring to left in my 66. Harking back to my days as a Mopar guy when I had a 62 Newport, those cars had that stuff too. It was the trim at the edge of the door opening on the body side. Back then I understood it was called "windlacing" and it was held in by nasty sharp little clips. I got mine at JCWhitneys. Nuff said. Good luck

 

I did a quick search on-line and found this: --

https://www.jjautofabrics.com/tack-s...ontinuous-yard
and this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal...-/163612563675

When I rebuilt a Mark 2 in the 80s, I was able to find an unused shell, which had no tacking strips installed, but I was able to take the strips off the shell that I scrapped. They are very hard to remove because they are held on with "screw nails". These are hardened steel with a very coarse thread and hammered in making a hole as they go in. If you can find a scrap body 60s Jaguar body shell somewhere, you might be able to get the tacking strips off that. I doubt you can get the original stuff now, time has moved on too far.

 

I just noticed your S-Type has a plate on the front with CD on it, is that a diplomatic plate?

 

Tacking strip is readily available from upholstery shops etc & screw nails or screw tacks from hardware stores.

Once my car was fully resprayed inside & out my upholstery man persuaded me that they were rubbish & not to use them. He used a heat curing glue to attach both the strip & the Furflex web. No knocking tacks through metal & chipping off paint & promoting rust.

 

I used the Furflex Tacking Strip supplied by Aldgridge Trimming in the UK and I used pop rivets to hold it in place instead of the spiral nails originally used.

Bruce M

 

Pop rivets would work but 122 of the things is a curse. My guy used a heat curing glue that is a little like contact to hold things in place & then once in place you run over it with an iron & it cures. Did a great job.

Pre to attaching tread plates & top garnish rails.





With top garnishing rail & tread plates. Sorry ~ pics not taken for this purpose. Tread plate has black protective sticker over it other than the clamping lip.




All my material/upholstery kit from John Skinner UK.

 

Yes, it was diplomatic car in Vienna, Russian diplomat working for UN UNIDO. The car has been immovable for 20 years in Austria and I bought it last month.