Hood by Dave the Trimmer

[J400GED]

Would anyone have pictures of a hood with the smaller rear window, fitted by Dave the Trimmer in particular, that they can post please?

[Hedgehopper]

Not sure who did it but looks OK............

[5.0ltr]

Some stuff on this thread.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=117...

[J400GED]

Hedgehopper said:

Not sure who did it but looks OK............

Thanks Alex, but I was looking for one definitely by Dave the Trimmer.

[J400GED]

Thanks all, I've found what I was looking for.

[ChimpOnGas]

Here's my Dave The Trimmer rear roof section with his slightly smaller rear window design.



As you can see this is combined with a folding Surrey top which I absolutely love, Dave The Trimmer supplied the bolt of German Soninland mohair, half of this roll of material was used to make the Surrey top and the other half was used by Dave to make my rear section.

This ensured both sections match perfectly and they will age at the same rate to remain matching throughout their life. For me the pairing of the folding Surrey top with Dave's smaller window rear section makes for the perfect Chimera soft top combination.

I did make sure there was enough material left over to cover my original hard panel too but almost three years have past now and simply haven't I bothered to do this yet, this is solely because since I bought the Surrey top and the matching trimming work was completed I haven't felt the need to fit my hard panel once.

And I use my TVR throughout the winter and in all weathers, that should tell you all you need to know about the excellent and extremely user friendly Surrey top.

More on the project here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by ChimpOnGas on Wednesday 22 February 08:44

[J400GED]

ChimpOnGas said:

Here's my Dave The Trimmer rear roof section with his slightly smaller rear window design.



As you can see this is combined with a folding Surrey top which I absolutely love, Dave The Trimmer supplied the bolt of German Soninland mohair, half of this roll of material was used to make the Surrey top and the other half was used by Dave to make my rear section.

This ensured both sections match perfectly and they will age at the same rate to remain matching throughout their life. For me the pairing of the folding Surrey top with Dave's smaller window rear section makes for the perfect Chimera soft top combination.

I did make sure there was enough material left over to cover my original hard panel too but almost three years have past now and simply haven't I bothered to do this yet, this is solely because since I bought the Surrey top and the matching trimming work was completed I haven't felt the need to fit my hard panel once.

And I use my TVR throughout the winter and in all weathers, that should tell you all you need to know about the excellent and extremely user friendly Surrey top.

More on the project here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by ChimpOnGas on Wednesday 22 February 08:44

Dave, how much is a Surrey top? Are they readily available?

Cheers,

Ged

[CHIMV8 500]

Isn't there a hard split roof system out there as well so goes in the boot easier?

If so I would personally go with that against the Surrey soft top,sorry Dave

[simonwedge]

J400GED said:

Dave, how much is a Surrey top? Are they readily available?

Cheers,

Ged

See here: http://www.cambria-cirrus.com/

I should add that I've got one as well. They're not cheap but I wouldn't be without mine now, especially as I've got a Griff and the boot is pretty much unusable once the normal targa panel is in it.

[ChimpOnGas]

simonwedge said:

J400GED said:

Dave, how much is a Surrey top? Are they readily available?

Cheers,

Ged

See here: http://www.cambria-cirrus.com/

I should add that I've got one as well. They're not cheap but I wouldn't be without mine now, especially as I've got a Griff and the boot is pretty much unusable once the normal targa panel is in it.

I designed my LPG conversion to take the original targa panel and sill leave room for enough luggage for two people to tour Europe for a couple of weeks.



Pop the original one piece roof in, and despite enough fuel to take me 450 miles without stopping there's really no loss of luggage space at all....



So I didn't need buy the Surrey top to solve a particular space problem as such, I bought it because when I'm touring with a full boot of luggage I can get to the roof immediately.





Whereas before I'd have to unpack the entire boot to get the original targa panel in & out

The Surrey top really is a super bit of kit, and since buying it I've never felt the need to use my original targa panel once, I bought it to be my summer touring roof only, what I found was it's that good and so much more convenient to use the Surrey top has become my permanent all year roof system.

More here.....

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by ChimpOnGas on Wednesday 22 February 19:38

[J400GED]

simonwedge said:

See here: http://www.cambria-cirrus.com/

I should add that I've got one as well. They're not cheap but I wouldn't be without mine now, especially as I've got a Griff and the boot is pretty much unusable once the normal targa panel is in it.

Thanks simonwedge.