[Spridgets] Bugeye straps & buckles...

[Brad Fornal]

Leo, you reminded me of a shirt I saw the other day
        ANAL
Not my personality
  My preference

I thought it was funny.....

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Leo <60bugeye at cebridge.net> wrote:

> Maybe it is just "me" but why worry about originality aspects if your not
> going to end up with the original LOOK of certain components.  Especially
> when lots of the "correct" bits are readily available through suppliers
> like
> McGregor's in Canada, Colin in Australia, and some other little know
> English
> specialty suppliers???? Why not use commonly available bits that ANY good
> automotive or even hardware store has readily on hand.  Lowes has simple
> buckles available and even has nylon webbing.  The only time I see to go
> "shopping" all over the web is when you are really trying to obtain
> material
> which is NLA through any other source.  Then you have to become creative in
> being a sleuth and track down the correct individual components to create
> the closest possible match to a factory bit.  Am I missing something???? Or
> maybe it is my analness,,,,
>
> Leo
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:spridgets-bounces+60bugeye <spridgets-bounces%2B60bugeye>=
> cebridge.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Dean Hedin
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:33 PM
> To: Spridgets
> Subject: [Spridgets] Bugeye straps & buckles...
>
> I found a modern "strap adjuster" that is pretty close to the original ones
> used on
> the two straps that hold the top to the bows in the stowed position on a
> Bugeye.
>
> http://www.strapworks.com/Strap_Adjusters_p/msa.htm
>
> What is nice is the outfit will powder coat them black for a minor fee.
>
> They also carry sheet metal webbing tips (which the original Bugeye straps
> had)
> http://www.strapworks.com/Webbing_Tips_p/wt.htm
>
> Cotton webbing is still availible,
> http://www.jontay.com/webbing/cottonwebbing.htm
> I choose instead to go with regular poly, as I had some on hand already.
>
> Others on the list indicated the center strap for the bows was leather. I
> ended up using a buckle
> from a dog collar and a strip of light color leather.
>
> I sure would like to know what the original buckle looked liked on the
> leather strap.
> I have no good photos of this.
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