Triumph Vitesse Soft Top. Original. Needs TLC/Restoration

[HarlequinnJCJ]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165451283083?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=WHTrtJrcSYK&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=WHTrtJrcSYK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

The link is to ebay listing of A Triumph Vitesse Soft Top that needs restoration.

[ferny]

Very much doesn't look correctly advertised. It's not for a Vitesse. 

[HarlequinnJCJ]

Thanks for that reply but it did come off my Dad's Vitesse

[HarlequinnJCJ]

What you think it could have come from, a Herald?

[Clive]

7 minutes ago, HarlequinnJCJ said:

What you think it could have come from, a Herald?

Herald and vitesse identical hood and frame. Both use a catch for the header rail, NOT a twisty handle. 

Spifire use twisty handles, but that hood is definately not Spitfire either.

here is a pic of Herald/Vitesse hood catches

[HarlequinnJCJ]

Hmmm... thanks, I wonder what on earth this is off then?!?

I'll take the listing down then.

Much appreciated xx

[RobPearce]

55 minutes ago, Clive said:

but that hood is definately not Spitfire either

It looked quite a lot like a Mk3 Spitfire hood from what I could see, but the photos don't really give the detail. What was the giveaway that it's "definitely not"?

[Clive]

Handles are wrong, and there are no mounting "plates" to the B post. 

Header rail attachment is wrong too.

Then there is the hood itself, doorglass area is all wrong .