Charles,
I did my car in black leather 5 years ago. I did a beautiful job
if I do say so myself. Trouble is, I like to drive my car regularly, and
as a result, my car often sees less that perfect weather. Result: my new
leather covers have shrunk and now look like cr*p. So I do plan to redo
the interior, but this time in the highest quality vinyl I can find.
There exist some really good vinyls these days.
You'll find, the Triumph crowd values driveability and fun over
to-the-letter originality. I think this is appropriate considering the
original purchase price and sporting intent of these cars.
There are two varieties of headlight trim rings. One secures
with a Posi-driv screw and the other with a captive clip, both at the
bottom of the bucket.
Both use the bent lip at the top of the bucket for fastening the top of
the ring. For the clip type bucket, there is a spring-steel bent "V"
that is riveted or spot welded to the base of the bucket. This mates
with the upturned steel "hook" piece that's riveted to the brass trim ring.
To assemble the clip type, just hook the top rearward lip of the
trim ring onto the bent flange of the bucket, then swing the bottom of
the trim ring towards the bucket and press rearward as the hook clicks
into the spring clip.
The screw type is similar, just drive the screw thru the ring
after you swing the bottom of the trim ring into place.
It is possible that your difficulty in fitting the trim rings is
a result of having a mismatch of screw-type and clip-type buckets and rings.
Greg Meboe meboe@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu
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