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Show NEW AUTO COVER PLACED CHEAPLY Motorist Found Work Not as Difficult Dif-ficult as He Had Imagined When Job Was Finished. OLD TOP SERVED AS COVERING No Special Tools Are Required, but Great Care Must Be Exercised to Cut Materials Exact Pattern of Parts Retrieved. A motorist, who had painted his roadster dark blue and had given it a high luster with coach varnish, found that the old mohair top looked shabbier shab-bier than ever by contrast. He decided de-cided to re-cover the top himself and found the work not as difllcult as he had Imagined. He measured the amount of material mate-rial required and bought sufficient heavy, closely woven brown duck for the new top, as well as binding tape of the same color, some brown cambric cam-bric for the shabby bolsters, an oval rear light glass with an aluminum frame, round head upholstery tacks, and a little oak coach varnish. Refinished With Varnish. As he removed the top with a tack puller and pliers, he noted how each piece was fastened. He then refinished refin-ished the top bows with varnish, cut new stay straps from brown duck, and made them fast to the bows. The bolstering was covered with cambric and fastened in place. Using the old top as a pattern, he next cut the brown duck to the exact shape and sewed the places together on the sewing machine with heavy brown silk. The rear light was set In the back section and then the new cover was spread over and tacked to the frame while the frame was held In position with bindings of heavy twine. Tha finishing tape was put on jkab otu KMeuaiuwt -umk Mwm anm I IRAUIHIMUM TUMt f BB0WM OMWK - - f Ht l0W mY Sn XjCJmiavv taom war I jftk Mows nmiii44 I-Yy BBOWHUfTWBUO 1 Tho Old Top Serves as a Pattern for Cutting a New Cover. and the top then matched In newness the appearance of the newly painted and varnished car Itself. No Special Tools Required. No special tools are required and nothing about the work Is difficult, although care must be taken to cut the materials the exact pattern of the parts removed and in aligning the top bows properly before putting on the new covering. It is necessary to use a tape line1 frequently to make sure that pieces on opposite sides are uniform, and that the rear curtain Is located so that the light Is in a central position. A new top usually Increases a car's selling sell-ing value far more than the cost of labor and materials Involved. G. A. Luers in Popular Science Monthly. |