1930s hood fasteners evidence - plea

[Martin Prior]

It is quite difficult finding information about original hoods, and more so for the Sports models.

Has anyone got any memory or evidence, photographic or physical, of 65 or Nippy hood fastenings. i.e. lift the dot, press stud, Tenax or turnbuckle... on hoods which could conceivably be original. The photo evidence is always difficult as the items are so small, even if the images are hi-res.

I'd also be interested to know when hood material like duck came into use. WE know earlier hoods were rexine, but it seems less clear by 1935.

TIA

Hi Jon.

We recently had a customer's 1934 Nippy in the workshop.  The car was unrestored and had been laid up since 1967, so should be pretty original.

The attached photo clearly shows studs for "Lift The Dot" fasteners.