Rear shelf area - coupe

[TR7Aaron]

In both of the TR7 coupes that I have, the rear shelf is all shrunken, wrinkled and looks terrible. I removed one of them today to fix the seat belt retractors and noticed that it has a couple of depressions molded into the pressboard. Are there supposed to be a couple of bins or storage areas on this shelf? Does anyone have a picture of what this area is supposed to look like before it gets all dried and rotted by the sun?
Thanks.
Aaron



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[Rblackadar]

Yes those would have little cubby's for small stuff. Since new ones are nowhere to be found anywhere, it's up to one's own ingenuity to figure out what to do. These things even when new had a tendency to shrink on hot days. I'm going to be coating mine (yes it has shrunk too) with some kind of resin maybe Bondo resin, smoothing it out with sand paper, and giving it a coat of texturized black paint from SEM.

[Hasbeen]

A local motor trimmer, used by many Triumph people here in Oz tells
me that they are getting a new rear shelf, made in fiberglass, with
a leather grain pattern, from England.

In 4 FHCs I have had 3 different shape shelfs, all with recesses of
different depths, all of fiber board.

All were flock covered, & none shrank, they just got old & saggy.
May be these were Oz specials, to allow for our sun.

Hasbeen

[PeterTR7V8]

Mine is flocked as described by Hasbeen but in my case it is filled with speakers. I've never seen another wedge in the country that is so flocked. It looks much better than the factory vinyl finish.


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[TR7Aaron]

How's about some pictures, guys?
Thanks.



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[PeterTR7V8]

The same stuff is on the bottom of my door cards. The tartan has been completely flocked off.





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[tr8]

This is what my 1979 TR8 coupe rear shelf looked like before I repaired it. I cut and X in the bottom of the two pockets going corner to corner. Then glued the flaps down and any parts that had lifted. This left a big uncovered X in the bottom of the pockets and a bit up the sides of the pockets. Them I put some black automotive carpet glued into the bottom. I touched up the little slits up the corners with a black marker.
Not perfectly stock, but you have to look really close to notice that ii is not stock. Sorry no after pictures...car is in storage at the moment.

Paul

[TR7Aaron]

Mine looked about like that, but a little worse. Here's what I'm going to try...
I stripped all the black vinyl off the pressboard and found some very weak sections and some broken parts - corners, edges, etc.
I've glued the weakened/broken areas.
Using fiberglass matting, I'm going to re-enforce the corners and edges and I might even add a strip of either masonite or aluminum along the front edge (on the backside) as mine is wavy and uneven.
Sand and smooth everything, then spray it with a textured black paint.
If that doesn't turn out as well as I'd like, I will then either glue down a thin flock-like material or carpeting.
The thicker material I use, the more difficult it will be to form in the corners, but it will cover any imperfections better.
I'm even considering contructing some lids and making the storage areas enclosed.
I'll post some pictures when I'm done.
Aaron



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[Rich in Vancouver]

My coupe is a very early Speke car and has the same vinyl treatment as tr8's pic above. That was standard for North American cars. Sounds like the ones down under were a better idea as ours are all "flocked", but in a bad way!
I plan on doing the fiberglass mat thing with mine as well but it is pretty far down the list of things to do.
Cheers,
Rich

1975 TR7 ACL764U

[gordon kerr]

<font color="green">When I had the interior of GRD re-trimmed in leather the trimmer did the parcel shelf too. Made a nice job of it. Here's the shelf when I first got it back from the re-trim [:)]



Problem is that it has still been affected by the sun since then. Whatever glue they used seems to melt in the heat and the edges hace lifted. Have tried sticking it back down but not found anything which will last even with the sun of a UK summer on it [:(]

If anyone is interested there are more pictures of the re-trim in My Photos. Before anyone comments yes it was a mistake not to have the vertical board behind the seats done at the same time - isn't hindsight a wonderful thing? [;)]</font id="green">

<font color="green">Gordon
GRD 1980 Brooklands Green 2l FHC
OVC 1980 Platinum Silver 3.9l V8 FHC
Bedford, UK.
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