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colinw

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You might be able to get a shop to make you one from yardage?

 

Keyston Bros. list "Elk" grain Landau Topping (Vinyl top material) in "Dark Royal Blue Metallic". I think they are wholesale only, but you would need to ask. Even if you couldn't buy directly any upholstery or auto trim shop ought to be able to get it. UpholsterySupplyOnline.com lists "Light Sapphire Blue" landau topping, also in "Elk" grain, and have it available for purchase online. Miami Corp list both of those, plus a "Medium Dark Royal Blue Metallic" in "Elk" and "Dark Adriatic Blue" in "Tuxedo" grain.

 

I am not sure if any of these would meet your needs. Elk is a large coarse leather-look grain. Tuxedo is a small boxy grain that might remind you of a screen door.

 

Acme Headliner traditionally had vinyl tops already made, but do not list anything on their website, it just says to contact them, so there is no way to tell if they have anything in blue. It might be worth a phone call.

 

If you need absolutely authentic color and pattern (for a restoration) you might check with SMS auto fabrics and see if they have anything. "Correct" materials are their specialty.

 

https://keystonbros.com/elk-dark-royal-blue-met-landau-topping.html

https://upholsterysupplyonline.com/categories/Vinly-Top-Materials-%2d--Landau-Tops-Vinyls/

https://www.miamicorp.com/products/AUTO TOP FABRICS/LANDAU TOPPING/ELK.aspx

https://www.miamicorp.com/products/AUTO TOP FABRICS/LANDAU TOPPING/TUXEDO.aspx

http://www.acmeautoheadlining.com/

https://smsautofabrics.com/

 

 

 

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SMS Auto Fabrics in Oregon is known for having

materials that no one else seems to have.  They 

should have no trouble at all with the vinyl you need.

 

You can buy either yardage, or, I'm quite sure, a

pre-sewn vinyl top from them.  They take a while--

sometimes 2 or 3 weeks in sending samples, and

considerably longer when making something--so it

pays to be patient.  Some collectors don't like them

for that reason, but I've had no trouble.  I telephone 

them rather than sending e-mail messages.

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