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Supacat



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ian series 1 wrote:
Love the look of it.

You will find with all new canvases they need to shrink to fit right, they are all slightly larger when new.
A few days in the rain and it will sort itself out, and look a whole lot better. Thumbs Up


It will never see any rain though will it? Wonder if it even went through the leak test?

And it clearly wasn't fitted very well:


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Martin
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Not quite enough tailgate tethers left then Laughing  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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YOLO110



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[quote="Supacat"]
ian series 1 wrote:



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Looks like they are just about to attempt the Guniness Book of Records 'most people in the back of a Defender pick-up' Laughing YOLO... You Only Live Once...
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blackwolf



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It's no wonder that that tilt looked so dreadful in the final photos, since it is clear that it hasn't even beed fitted properly (compare the left and right hoodsticks in the photo above). Shocked

I still cannot understand either why, if you are fitting a proper canvas tilt instead of the dreadful plastic things that became standard, you would fit one with the ridiculous narrow rear curtain with zippers, not a proper wide curtain with the side flaps as used on Series vehicles.

The design of the tilt on recent vehicles was a very retrograde step.
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pjb



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I really like it although I hope I get mine fitted a lot better than that.

I've never had a soft top defender & as its not my main car & will fit in the garage I decide when Matt was selling his I would do the conversion. 2020 P300 HSE
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RRUK
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I assume this last one will go to Gaydon? 2016 D4 HSE

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Romadog



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Been a while since I had my last soft top, but I don't remember having those straps going forward from the rear hoop? !
Is it just necessary for zipped flap?
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blackwolf



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I would imagine so.
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nidge n



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So its looks like someone is converting his heritage and having a canvas roof

http://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/forget...sinessman/

Good man Thumbs Up
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DonH2000



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Just read this and it's not going to have a radiator!!! That will not get far then..... I think they meant no heater!!!

http://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/forget...sinessman/ Cheers Don.
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Supacat



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Looks like the conversion has already been done - isn't that a canvas roof already:


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NJS22



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The funny thing is that someone at my dealers has spent £1600 putting air con in one, It would have been cheaper to convert to canvas Rolling with laughter 1998 90 50th Anniversary 4.0 V8
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Wife won't let me have any more...!!!
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defender9



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Does anyone know the height of a full canvas 90 with standard tyres and suspension? I heard they are taller than a 90 Hard Top but cant see why they would be.
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YOLO110



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They need to be taller to cope with the ego you get when you own one! Wink YOLO... You Only Live Once...
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Ade90



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Original canvas is the way to go. My daily drive is my 90 soft top and it's great when I knock off at midday, the sun is out and I can roll up the canvas. Then I get to drive home enjoying the fresh air you can only get from a commute out of B'ham city centre Rolling with laughter Fixing Land Rovers for over 25 years..........and making excuses to the wife for almost as long Smile

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