Thread: Short top

Pic of a 51 model with short top , South. Aust. circa 1974 . The kid driving it owns it today.

Mike

Originally Posted by series1buff

Hi

I found this pic of the "short" top in a old UK club newsletter . The rear flap somehow folds up ??

Mike

Hi Mike

Somewhere I have seen a picture of a short top with the rear curtain folded up in a early farm tractor book that I have read.

The Land rover was towing a implement such as a side delivery hay rake or a buck rake .

Curse the toxic side effects of candle wax as it also diminishes memory !

I will have a look through some of my farm books to see if I can find it.

Cheers Arthur

Originally Posted by digger

These look excellent.
I'd love to have the blueprint (?right word?) for one so I could knock one up!...(wonder what they'd cost now)
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cheers
digger

Digger

Just a word, in my experience the early canvas hoods don't seal as well as the later type with the wrap around rear flap that tucked into the pockets at the side.

The early type puckers along the strap between each loop where the later type is drawn tight against the hood bow (stick) making a relatively tight seal.

Diana

Hi All

A couple of pic;s showing the short canvas top and one of the early rear curtain , kindly supplied by Joe ( owner of the KL Bulldog ), from one of the books on Land Rover written by James Taylor.

Cheers Arthur

Thanks both

I did the same thing ..scanned those pics from the Taylor book... great minds think alike .. The book also shows detailed pics of the strapping setup. A chap on the UK forum helped me out with more info too. NOW , I have enough info to go ahead with sewing one up...

Just have to buy in 3 metres of ripstop canvas . No eyelets needed .