[Saloon-lovers] Boot/trunk mat for MK1?

Saloons
1

Dear saloon lovers,

What an amazing source of information in the Jag-lovers site! I hope this
newsgroup will be as rewarding to a first time sender…

I am just begining restoration of a c.1958 Mk 1 Jag, and want to replace
the boot (UK) / trunk (US) mat.

I know the correct material to use is Hardura, but does anyone know the
right colour (UK!) color (US!)? In Nigel Thorleys excellent book (The
Complete Companion) he makes one reference to grey being the colour
that was introduced in 1955. The horrible old mat in my car is grey, so if it
is original then it agrees with Thorleys comment.

However, it is possible that they may have added other colours to the
range - does anyone know? Only grey, or grey and black and …? Black
seems to be the colour most available nowadays.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks, Murray Dawson

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Murray

To be sure send a mail to MAIL@ALDRIDGE.CO.UK mailto:MAIL@ALDRIDGE.CO.UK
They are a very good Jaguar Trimmers and supply interior trim to all models,
I believe.

Regards
Graeme Davidson
3.4S 1965-----Original Message-----
From: Murray Dawson [mailto:DawsonM@landcare.cri.nz]
Sent: 14 October 1999 05:26
To: saloons@jag-lovers.org; marks@starlink.com
Subject: [Saloon-lovers] Boot/trunk mat for MK1?

	Dear saloon lovers,

	What an amazing source of information in the Jag-lovers

site! I hope this
newsgroup will be as rewarding to a first time sender…

	I am just begining restoration of a c.1958 Mk 1 Jag, and

want to replace
the boot (UK) / trunk (US) mat.

	I know the correct material to use is Hardura, but does

anyone know the
right colour (UK!) color (US!)? In Nigel Thorleys excellent
book (The
Complete Companion) he makes one reference to grey being the
colour
that was introduced in 1955. The horrible old mat in my car
is grey, so if it
is original then it agrees with Thorleys comment.

	However, it is possible that they may have added other

colours to the
range - does anyone know? Only grey, or grey and black and
…? Black
seems to be the colour most available nowadays.

	Any help would be much appreciated!

	Thanks, Murray Dawson
3

Grey was I believe correct then, Black in the 60s, but trimmers say
nowadays that often hardura for boot mats is asked for in interior trim
colour. I was offered biscuit for mine, yuk. I chose black.

Alastair Lauener
64 S-Tyepe>Dear saloon lovers,

What an amazing source of information in the Jag-lovers site! I hope this
newsgroup will be as rewarding to a first time sender…

I am just begining restoration of a c.1958 Mk 1 Jag, and want to replace
the boot (UK) / trunk (US) mat.

I know the correct material to use is Hardura, but does anyone know the
right colour (UK!) color (US!)? In Nigel Thorleys excellent book (The
Complete Companion) he makes one reference to grey being the colour
that was introduced in 1955. The horrible old mat in my car is grey, so if it
is original then it agrees with Thorleys comment.

However, it is possible that they may have added other colours to the
range - does anyone know? Only grey, or grey and black and …? Black
seems to be the colour most available nowadays.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks, Murray Dawson

4

I used Aldridge for all my trim, very happy with them. There are colour
and interior colour details on their web pages.
http://www.aldridge.co.uk/trimming/html/colour_spec.html
Even replaced a wrong carpet mat after about two years (by the time I got
round to fitting it)
Alastair Lauener
64 S-Type>Murray

To be sure send a mail to MAIL@ALDRIDGE.CO.UK mailto:MAIL@ALDRIDGE.CO.UK
They are a very good Jaguar Trimmers and supply interior trim to all models,
I believe.

Regards
Graeme Davidson
3.4S 1965