How I fitted my Aston Umbrella in my Vantage
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My car did not have an umbrella nor the straps to hold one. But in my flush of new ownership it felt somehow appropriate to buy a genuine Aston Martin Umbrella (I found two available online, and went for the carbon fibre one). The next problem was to come up with a neat way to hold it in place in the boot.
After some pondering I came up with what I think is pretty elegant, fully reversable and effective method that I thought I would share here.
I found these items on ebay, sold as leather handled for drawers
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XMM261M?ref_=ppx_hz...
They are high quality, perfect size and inexpensive, so what's not to like?
Then I used a small Chicago screw (had to google to find the correct name) which are easy to buy on ebay, as a way to form the loop in a newly drilled hole, while using the other existing hole to attach to those strange fixings that I assume are for a net? but worked perfectly for this application, and the distance between them was near perfect, I would have probably had them a little closer to better secure the umbrella, but it hasn't fallen out yet.
After some pondering I came up with what I think is pretty elegant, fully reversable and effective method that I thought I would share here.
I found these items on ebay, sold as leather handled for drawers
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XMM261M?ref_=ppx_hz...
They are high quality, perfect size and inexpensive, so what's not to like?
Then I used a small Chicago screw (had to google to find the correct name) which are easy to buy on ebay, as a way to form the loop in a newly drilled hole, while using the other existing hole to attach to those strange fixings that I assume are for a net? but worked perfectly for this application, and the distance between them was near perfect, I would have probably had them a little closer to better secure the umbrella, but it hasn't fallen out yet.
I used the fixings in the standard position on my AM6 Vantage Roadster.
Had the straps custom made by a very helpful person, Katie - sales@belt-designs.com
I got to choose the matching colour of the leather and send my drawing of the width, length, and mounting hole location.
I think they cost me £20, which was very fair for the custom service.
One is shorter than the other to accommodate the pointy end.
And yes, I just used the existing Jaguar umbrella I had received for free with my F-Type
Had the straps custom made by a very helpful person, Katie - sales@belt-designs.com
I got to choose the matching colour of the leather and send my drawing of the width, length, and mounting hole location.
I think they cost me £20, which was very fair for the custom service.
One is shorter than the other to accommodate the pointy end.
And yes, I just used the existing Jaguar umbrella I had received for free with my F-Type
Edited by V8 Minotaur on Saturday 11th April 10:51
And on a similar theme, the boot tidy in the bottom corner is one of these…
https://ebay.us/m/7mtDIg
Excellent for keeping your cleaning products etc in as they have a couple of grip strips on the outside to stop them moving around in the boot.
https://ebay.us/m/7mtDIg
Excellent for keeping your cleaning products etc in as they have a couple of grip strips on the outside to stop them moving around in the boot.
davidismynaim said:
My car did not have an umbrella nor the straps to hold one. But in my flush of new ownership it felt somehow appropriate to buy a genuine Aston Martin Umbrella (I found two available online, and went for the carbon fibre one). The next problem was to come up with a neat way to hold it in place in the boot.
After some pondering I came up with what I think is pretty elegant, fully reversable and effective method that I thought I would share here.
I found these items on ebay, sold as leather handled for drawers
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XMM261M?ref_=ppx_hz...
They are high quality, perfect size and inexpensive, so what's not to like?
Then I used a small Chicago screw (had to google to find the correct name) which are easy to buy on ebay, as a way to form the loop in a newly drilled hole, while using the other existing hole to attach to those strange fixings that I assume are for a net? but worked perfectly for this application, and the distance between them was near perfect, I would have probably had them a little closer to better secure the umbrella, but it hasn't fallen out yet.
Am I correct in thinking you drilled the additional holes to make the loops tighter, so gripping the umbrella better? I’m in the same situation as you - AM full-size brolly and a Vantage that wasn’t specced with one and so lacks the OEM retention loops. Can it be as simple as removing the existing Chicago screw and then fixing the leather straps behind the netting retainers attached to the bulkhead?After some pondering I came up with what I think is pretty elegant, fully reversable and effective method that I thought I would share here.
I found these items on ebay, sold as leather handled for drawers
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XMM261M?ref_=ppx_hz...
They are high quality, perfect size and inexpensive, so what's not to like?
Then I used a small Chicago screw (had to google to find the correct name) which are easy to buy on ebay, as a way to form the loop in a newly drilled hole, while using the other existing hole to attach to those strange fixings that I assume are for a net? but worked perfectly for this application, and the distance between them was near perfect, I would have probably had them a little closer to better secure the umbrella, but it hasn't fallen out yet.
TIA.
That was my original idea, ie using the two pre-drilled holes to form a loop to be held by the existing 'cargo net' bolt. But I found the thread wasn't long enough for this, so adapted the idea to drill an additional hole, use a Chicago bolt to create a smaller loop and simply attach one end of the strap to the 'cargo net' bolt. This had the advantage of a smaller loop, as you say, which is, I think, no bad thing. Hope this clarifies and explains the design.
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