The Ford Barn

iverson · 07-10-2016, 07:08 PM

Does anyone have any ideas what the best thing to do with the original top on my uncles 28? I don't want to restore the car I like the way it looks! I took the top off to drive the car the fabric is real bad in some spots he glued on ugly black plastic fabric years ago it's still holding. I would like to patch it up like they did years ago. The car is running nice and we have been driving it quite a bit but the hot sun bothers my uncle, any where that would sell the fabric by the foot? Or better ideas?

Tom Wesenberg · 07-10-2016, 07:49 PM

That top looks way beyond patching.
There comes a time when sometimes you need to replace rather than patch.

iverson · 07-10-2016, 08:07 PM

Yes Tom I know it's rough but the sides are still strong, my uncles old rear patch is holding, I wouldn't mind patching it like that only with something that looks more like it was done years ago

Quigley1930 · 07-10-2016, 10:13 PM

How about regular closed car top material glued on. I think the vendors sell this by the foot.

Sewall

C26Pinelake · 07-10-2016, 10:37 PM

It appears to be Way, way beyond repair. Put the top down and buy iumbrellas for everyone. There is a time when cheap, cheap is not practical. Wayne.

ronn · 07-11-2016, 08:57 AM

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I would take a piece of canvas and dope it on with glue (a good rubber cement),-sort of like the wings on early aircraft. color it up with shoe polish and shinola!

Mitch//pa · 07-11-2016, 09:14 AM

I like the character it has lookin like that and would not touch it....just put a sign on the back of the car
BEWARE OF BLOWING DEBRIS

Tom Wesenberg · 07-11-2016, 01:15 PM

As seen on TV, that looks like a job for FLEX-SEAL.

They could even use your car as a testimonial.

jthomas6 · 07-11-2016, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

As seen on TV, that looks like a job for FLEX-SEAL.

They could even use your car as a testimonial.

Only if it were flipped upside down and floating!

ronn · 07-11-2016, 03:14 PM

As seen on TV, that looks like a job for FLEX-SEAL.

too bad billy mays isnt still around to sell it!

iverson · 07-11-2016, 10:40 PM

wow! flex seal! the idea of canvas sounds perfect! thats what I want to do hold it together and not look new, the type of fix that was done years ago. thanks a lot Ronn! dont know where to get shinole but I dont know s___ from shinola anyway! In the last few weeks we went to 2 local car shows and everybody seems to get a kick out of the cond. of this car! A guy had a 30 A touring that looked way better than new and nobody even looked at it and I can let people touch and handle it all they want it only gets cleaner! and this is not fake patina! its real!

updraught · 07-11-2016, 11:42 PM

Railway carriages here used Malthoid on the roof. It would give the look.
It is stuck down with horrible black tar stuff.

Might need canvas underneath as it is fairly soft.

C26Pinelake · 07-12-2016, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iverson

wow! flex seal! the idea of canvas sounds perfect! thats what I want to do hold it together and not look new, the type of fix that was done years ago. thanks a lot Ronn! dont know where to get shinole but I dont know s___ from shinola anyway! In the last few weeks we went to 2 local car shows and everybody seems to get a kick out of the cond. of this car! A guy had a 30 A touring that looked way better than new and nobody even looked at it and I can let people touch and handle it all they want it only gets cleaner! and this is not fake patina! its real!

Sometimes people are laughing at us and not with us! Wayne

BILL WILLIAMSON · 07-12-2016, 06:39 PM

REFUSING to give up, is a virtue, only up to a POINT!
Knowing WHEN to give up, is the beginning of WISDOM.
Bill W.

07-10-2016, 07:49 PM	#2
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? That top looks way beyond patching. There comes a time when sometimes you need to replace rather than patch.

07-10-2016, 10:13 PM	#4
Quigley1930 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Middleburg, Virginia Posts: 421	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? How about regular closed car top material glued on. I think the vendors sell this by the foot. Sewall

07-10-2016, 10:37 PM	#5
C26Pinelake BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Michigan / Ontario border, Sarnia, Ontario. 50 miles from Detroit and 150 from Toronto. Posts: 5,800	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? It appears to be Way, way beyond repair. Put the top down and buy iumbrellas for everyone. There is a time when cheap, cheap is not practical. Wayne.

07-11-2016, 08:57 AM	#6
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,800	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I would take a piece of canvas and dope it on with glue (a good rubber cement),-sort of like the wings on early aircraft. color it up with shoe polish and shinola!

07-11-2016, 09:14 AM	#7
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? I like the character it has lookin like that and would not touch it....just put a sign on the back of the car BEWARE OF BLOWING DEBRIS

07-11-2016, 01:15 PM	#8
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? As seen on TV, that looks like a job for FLEX-SEAL. They could even use your car as a testimonial.

07-11-2016, 03:14 PM	#10
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,800	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? As seen on TV, that looks like a job for FLEX-SEAL. too bad billy mays isnt still around to sell it!

07-11-2016, 10:40 PM	#11
iverson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: freeport il Posts: 316	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? wow! flex seal! the idea of canvas sounds perfect! thats what I want to do hold it together and not look new, the type of fix that was done years ago. thanks a lot Ronn! dont know where to get shinole but I dont know s___ from shinola anyway! In the last few weeks we went to 2 local car shows and everybody seems to get a kick out of the cond. of this car! A guy had a 30 A touring that looked way better than new and nobody even looked at it and I can let people touch and handle it all they want it only gets cleaner! and this is not fake patina! its real!

07-11-2016, 11:42 PM	#12
updraught Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 1,973	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? Railway carriages here used Malthoid on the roof. It would give the look. It is stuck down with horrible black tar stuff. Might need canvas underneath as it is fairly soft. Last edited by updraught; 07-11-2016 at 11:53 PM.

07-12-2016, 06:39 PM	#14
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: 28 touring top fabric repair? REFUSING to give up, is a virtue, only up to a POINT! Knowing WHEN to give up, is the beginning of WISDOM. Bill W. __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"