What materials are available?
Generally, books, master’s theses, selected dissertations, and photocopies of a specific journal article or conference proceeding article. Many reference materials, textbooks, recordings, videocassettes, and whole volumes of journals are not available due to the policies of the lending library, but it is highly recommended that requests be submitted regardless of material type.
ALL the raw materials our manufacturer uses for their tops comes from Hartz. Hartz is THE name in canvas and vinyl raw materials. GM, FORD, Chrysler, European and Japanese manufacturer’s all use Hartz material to produce the OEM tops. Most listings will specify what material they are made in. 1. Single Texture Pinpoint vinyl: This is a good, durable vinyl that matches the grain of many original tops from the 40’s to the 80’s. This material weighs 36 ounces per square yard. The outside is a pinpoint vinyl while the inside is lined with cloth. Standard inside cloth color is black. A tan interior cloth is available with select vinyl colors at an extra cost. Less expensive convertibles have been known to use this material. MOST aftermarket top seller’s tout single texture vinyl as “the material the original OEM manufacturer used,” when in fact most used double texture. To the untrained eye and hand it looks and may feel the same, but most cars that had a pinpoint vinyl top, built from the
ALL the raw materials our manufacturer uses for their tops comes from Hartz. Hartz is THE name in canvas and vinyl raw materials. GM, FORD, Chrysler, European and Japanese manufacturer’s all use Hartz material to produce the OEM tops. Most listings will specify what material they are made in. 1. Single Texture Pinpoint vinyl: This is a good durable vinyl that matches the grain of many original tops from the 40’s to the 80’s. This material weighs 36 ounces per square yard. The outside is a pinpoint vinyl while the inside is lined with cloth. Standard inside cloth color is black, tan interior cloth is available with some vinyl colors at an extra cost. Some less expensive convertibles used this material originally. MOST aftermarket top seller’s tout single texture vinyl as “the material the original OEM manufacturer used,” when in fact most used double texture. Yes to the untrained eye and hand it looks and may feel the same, but most cars that had a pinpoint vinyl top, built from the 40′
