T-top tie down strap ?
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From: Brandon Manitoba
T-top tie down strap ?
Redoing my interior and I am looking for the tie down strap for the t-tops that is in the cargo area. I also need one of the chrome metal loops that would be between the seats where the point of the strap attaches to. Are either of these parts available ? Thanx Brent
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... I needed the knurled little 'barrel' that clasps the whole thing together a few years ago, and was told those parts are no-longer stocked.
I got what I needed from www.partsforvettes.com , a large C3 bone-yard on Long Island (I think?).....
I got what I needed from www.partsforvettes.com , a large C3 bone-yard on Long Island (I think?).....
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I bought some on Ebay. It'd probably be a good idea to try some Corvette salvage yards. There are two types of T-Top hold down straps made. My 69 and 70 Coupes had two individual straps, one strap for each T-Top. Other Coupes had a single Y shaped strap. The upper arms of the Y held in the T-Tops and the bottom of the Y attached on the floor of storage compartment. You need to state what year your Coupe is and have someone with the same year tell you which strap to get. The color of T-Top strap should match the color of your seat belts. However, I understand that sometimes if the assembly line ran out of the correct color strap, they put in a black colored one. (Don't know if this is really true.)
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Originally Posted by bams12
Redoing my interior and I am looking for the tie down strap for the t-tops that is in the cargo area. I also need one of the chrome metal loops that would be between the seats where the point of the strap attaches to. Are either of these parts available ? Thanx Brent
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Originally Posted by bams12
Redoing my interior and I am looking for the tie down strap for the t-tops that is in the cargo area. I also need one of the chrome metal loops that would be between the seats where the point of the strap attaches to. Are either of these parts available ? Thanx Brent
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Originally Posted by bams12
. I also need one of the chrome metal loops that would be between the seats where the point of the strap attaches to. Are either of these parts available ? Thanx Brent
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Originally Posted by bams12
My interior color is Black !
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Originally Posted by bams12
I need the y shaped one for my 1980 in black ????? Anyone Thanx Brent
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From: Brandon Manitoba
Still looking. Anyone who has one I am still interested. It must be black because I know from experience that they cannot be dyed.Went through that with my seat belts.From my experience seat belts cannot be dyed because they are nylon. Thanx Brent (PS by the way it may be too late for last years x-mas giveaway but it is never too early for this years giveaway ) lol
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Originally Posted by bams12
Redoing my interior and I am looking for the tie down strap for the t-tops that is in the cargo area. I also need one of the chrome metal loops that would be between the seats where the point of the strap attaches to. Are either of these parts available ? Thanx Brent
I found mine! You are welcome to it if you come to Louisiana and help fix my tranny leak. I will pm you with details.