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23-11-13, 18:19
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Yes I have the Convoy Flap Drawings
Hi Marc
I have the flap drawings, can't remember who sent them but I have them. Also have saved my original HUP and C60S flaps as future patterns. Problem on getting the heavy canvas as used originally which was a heavy cotton canvas which was heavily treated with waterproofing that also had a anti-mold chemical. Recently purchased some new heavy canvas that look the same and was heavily waterproofed but before I could make new flaps it developed black mold. It had been sitting on the shelf in the shop in its plastic bag for about 6 months. So I have got to do some more checking to see if it was just the batch of canvas I bought. Cheers Phil
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23-11-13, 19:00
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Surplus 2-1/2 ton truck tarps are a great source of inexpensive heavy canvas.
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#3
23-11-13, 23:48
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Check your local tent and awning company as well.
David
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24-11-13, 16:35
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even tent and awning material tends to be half the weight needed.
When I had the original 60cwt tarp made (and mudflap material)..it was by a company which existed in WWII.. and was the very heavy..treated canvas... the tarp weighed a ton! and flaps were pretty stiff.. wish I had access to those Convoy templates...Phil may be correct there may have been two strips of stiffeners.
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#5
24-11-13, 22:18
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The samples that I have are 3 variations of the same design as posted by Mariano; probably just variations in canvas and perhaps various makers. The canvas is fairly typical of heavyweight tarp canvas but, as Marc said, there appears to be an interior layer of extra canvas or padding. A steel plate, 1.5" wide is sewn into the lower section. The padding and the steel plate give the impression of a thick, almost quilted mudflap.
... Brian
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