Tartan Maker

[jclay (RIP 2018)]

Maybe someone can come up with the correct formula for the red tartan.

http://www.tartanmaker.com/?page=index

jclay

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[busheytrader]

Haven't found it yet.....

[wedggie perrin]

Try typing in "search for hideous 1970's tartan"
I'm sure the right colours will come up![:0]

[tr8]

This one was already there..pretty close...

Paul

http://www.tartanmaker.com/?page=index# ... 0yO3Q9MDs=

[nofinchance]

[:I] ock aye,I quite like the Mc TR tartan it was one of the things that attracted me to the car[:o)].I have just binned an all black interior for the tan and Mc TR tartan.I do look good in a mini kilt and boots though so maybe my judgement is jaded [:X].
Steph[:D]

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[Odd]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nofinchance</i>

[:I] ...I do look good in a mini kilt and boots though so maybe my judgement is jaded [:X]... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> That we'd like to see...[:)]

[tr8]

McTR...I like that. Here is the interior of my coupe.



Paul

[mak]

ooo, white with red tartan - possibly my favourite combo! (lovely car!)

[frankman]

Hi Steph ... what is with your green seat covers now .. what do you want, do you have still my email ..



Hello from Switzerland

Frank

[silverseven]

while my FHC wasn't as nice as yours Paul, I still miss it just the same.......




And honestly had it been in better shape, prolly would be in my DHC right now!!!!

Ron.

[jtmco]

The program doesn't have quite enough flexibility to get it exactly right (at least not in the time I'm willing to spend!), but I got pretty close

[url="http://www.tartanmaker.com/?page=index#Zm9yZT1mZjAwMDAsNywwMDAwMDAsMSxmZjAwMDAsMSwwMDAwMDAsMyxmZjAwMDAsMiwwMDAwMDAsMixmZjAwMDAsMiwwMDAwMDAsMTA7bD0xO3Q9MDs="]TR7/8 Tartan[/url]

Still looking for a new copy of the real thing.

Jim

[tr8]

Wow, that is so close that I can't spot the difference.

Paul

[tom bauer]

yes i agree it is close enough, now what? only need about 1 1/2 yd for 2 seats and backs. i have a shop in england looking, will advise.

tom

[jtmco]

Tom-

If you can find someone to make this, we would really have something.

I don't know if this software actually mimics how real tartans are made or not.

I went out to the garage and took some measurements on the car. Surprisingly, the pattern is not quite (close but not quite) in "round" English units (like 1/8 inches or 1/16 inches). It could be in 1/32 inches, but the tape measure I was using was not that accurate.

Starting with the widest red part (just over 1/2"), the measurements are approximately:

Red 11/16" (widest red)
Black < 1/16" (the tiny edges of the red)
Red 2/16" (tiny red edging)
Black 6/16"
Red 3/16"
Black 2.5/16"
Red 3/16"
Black 33.5/16" (widest black)

In the software, the only options are 1-10. If I make 33.5 = 10 then most of the others are too small to register on the scale. If I make 1/16" = 1, then the black is only about 1/3 as big as it should be.

Bottom line, I don't think this program can get much closer to our real pattern than I have presented above. Maybe these measurements can be used to get some fabric woven.

Jim

[Odd]

I'd check the check for being made to millimeter specifications,
UK in the seventies was very metric, and the Wedge was no exception...

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