[TR] tiny little tenax

Joe Burlein supertr6 at earthlink.net
Mon Dec 21 06:11:13 MST 2009


Just send them to China or Taiwan, they don't care about patent rights...

Loumetelko at aol.com wrote:
> When I received TS981, it came with 15 baby Tenax.  I had 8 of them  
> rechromed and used across the front of the cockpit for the tonneau cover.   At the 
> time I had no idea how elusive and frustrating it would be to find  more.  
> A few years ago I sent Mark Macy a stud and snap because he had  contacted a 
> fellow in Cincinnati who thought he could made a reproduction of the  
> "babies".  To be sure Mark and the machinist in Cincy contacted the Tenax  
> company (yes they are still in business) and Tenax told them no and if you do we  
> will come after you because of patent rights so that killed forever hopes of 
> a  reproduction run.
>  
> In front of me are two Tenax snaps, a baby and the still available standard 
>  size.  The base of the baby snap is 21 / 32" while the standard is 25 / 
> 32"  so a 1 / 8" difference.  When placed side by side it is readily  apparent 
> which is the baby.  Making the stud is no problem - just  machine down the 
> head of the standard size.  The hangup is making of the  snap! 
>  
> Now Frank, you understand why two certified TR2 crazies like Tom  
> Householder and I jumped for the keyboard yesterday morning when you  said you had a 
> stash of the elusive "babies".
>  
> Lou Metelko
> Auburn, Indiana
>  
>  
> In a message dated 12/20/2009 3:33:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> tr3driver at ca.rr.com writes:
>
> The ones  on the top are just original "lift the dot" pegs; not sure exactly
> why they  are different from the taller reproductions, but I have them on my
> cars as  well.
>
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