34 Roadster Tack Rail Strips

[Steve Staysko]

I thought I would share with you what I did for the rear convertable top tack strips. Ed Solari invested in the tooling and made the metal tack strips and I experimented with various filler materials to see what would hold the tacks firmly in place. The material that I found that worked best was leather belting. The nice thing about using leather is you can sand it to fit the profile. When I originally took the car apart it had leather belting riveted to the body and it held the tacks very securely. I used 2 cowhide belt strips 3/4 x 50" and cemented them together to get the correct thickness. So I think I have the closest to an original 1934 tack strips as it would have been when it left the factory. The funny thing is that you will never see it once everything is put back together. So I'm sharing it so that everyone can see it, so there!

[rich b]

Those are great! Thanks for the info.

[Carl]

Steve- are those tack strips available?

[Steve Staysko]

Originally Posted by Carl

Steve- are those tack strips available?

Carl contact Ed Solari and Ed is on this form he may still have some. Bare in mind that Ed makes the tack strip channels straight you will need to contour them to your body.

[Bored&Stroked]

Great info and exactly what I need to know about - THANKS! I'll be contacting Ed.

[Bored&Stroked]

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Question - did you hold the metal tack strips to the body with small rivets?

[Steve Staysko]

Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

Question - did you hold the metal tack strips to the body with small rivets?

No they were spot welded to the body.

[paul2748]

Looks great. How did you get the belting in the tack strips. Slide in? It looks like something I can do to my 48 for the rear of the top.

What type of belting did you use and where can it be obtained.

[uncle buck]

Great info Steve

[Blastfromthepast]

I sent a message to Ed earlier and hope he will get in touch with me.
Thanks for your info, it will help me decide what way to go. I heard that Bob Drake has
Tack strips not the channels,Has anyone tried them out.

[TJ]

I've used the Drake tack strip material and it works fine. It's sold in different widths and thicknesses.

[Blastfromthepast]

Thanks TJ I’ll take a look

[motordr]

Conveyor belting cut to the correct cross-section works very well as a tack strip.

[FlatheadTed]

This is a 34 sedan seat tack strip from the top that could be used ,with a new inner ,I cut it 2" from the end to bend to shape .perhaps Steves leather could used .Ted