My first carrier: some assembly required

[Lynn Eades]

So Dave, as you have mentioned buying them, Where does one buy Lift the Dot components, without buying the patent rights?
Have you bought Military black ones?
Did you get your thumbscrew?

[David Dunlop]

Lynn.

You can get lift the dot fasteners in NATO black finish at either Scoville Fastners in the USA, or OPAS in the UK.

Not sure of costs at Scoville, but OPAS has a 25 Pound minimum order limit.

David

[rob love]

Or you can just get them off ebay.

[Jim Burrill]

Note: The lift the dot receivers use a special tool to cut the slots and hole. I Have one, but damn thing cost more than the box of 100 peices.

[rob love]

Here is the tool for only $18 US on ebay. Good deal.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Never-Used-L...YAAOSwhcJWO6be

And here is the company that makes the lift the dot fasteners. Not sure if they sell direct to public, but they do list prices per 100. There is a shopping cart so I suspect they do sell retail. The carrier uses government black. They also sel the common sense fasteners like used on Jeeps and other military vehicles.

http://www.dotfasteners.com/lift_the_dot.html

[Phil Waterman]

Hi

I've found the Dot posts, and fastners at canvas shops and marine equipment shops, probably cheeper per piece to buy them in bags of hundred but that way I'd have 50 or 60 left over after doing three trucks.

As to the tool to punch the holes, I just marked the main center hole and the little holes for the fold tabs. Then used one of the standard hole punch tools with the 5 different size punches on a wheel.

Cheers Phil

[Grant Bowker]

One ebay source for the black Lift-The-Dot fasteners.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lift-The-Dot...5UoHFg&vxp=mtr

Beachwood Canvas also sells online.
https://www.beachwoodcanvas.com/order/productlist.cfm

I haven't dealt with either to comment on service but both seem to have been around for a while.

[super dave]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

So Dave, as you have mentioned buying them, Where does one buy Lift the Dot components, without buying the patent rights?
Have you bought Military black ones?
Did you get your thumbscrew?

Sorry for the delay as I had an unexpected out of town trip. I purchased my fasteners from JT's Outdoor Fabrics in Ontario

http://www.jtsoutdoorfabrics.com/Lif...rs_c_2722.html

as it was the cheapest I could find at the time and I got plated ones as that is what I thought they were based on the rear headrest sample I got from Brain Asbury. So are they Black instead of the plated ones ??

As for the thumb screw no still searching

[Lynn Eades]

Dave, I have originals (1941 and 1942) both are nickel, however the military black does look nice.

[Petr Brezina]

I have brass ones on my original backrest. So bought on Ebay nickeled, took the nickel out and have ready nice, shiney brass ones :-)

[super dave]

Been a little bit since my last post but life got in the way for a while. I have just finished up on the gas tanks as that was a big job as they were quite rusted out where the felt was and I had to cut all of the rusted bits out and make new metal up for the patches. After I had them tacked I tig welded them as I wanted full penetration so the less likely of having a pin hole afterwards. For extra insurance I coated the insides of the tank with a sealer that a local antique ford parts dealer sells as well as putting a coat of the por15 on the outside where the newly made patches were. I did the filled them up with gas and let them sit for 1/2 a day and no leaks

[super dave]

The sealer I used and the finished tanks. If there was any more work that had to be done with those tanks I would have looked into making new ones as it was around a weeks work in total

[super dave]

Also got my seat cushions back from the upholstery shop and overall I am satisfied with the results. I just have to install the lift the dot fasteners and they will be ready to install.

[Wayne Hingley]

Originally Posted by super dave

I have just finished up on the gas tanks as that was a big job as they were quite rusted out where the felt was and I had to cut all of the rusted bits out and make new metal up for the patches. After I had them tacked I tig welded them as I wanted full penetration so the less likely of having a pin hole afterwards. :

Very nice work Super! Thats a lot of work to make what probably looked like unsalvageable tanks into "just like new" condition. Great job.

[eddy8men]

i agree most would have had new tanks fabricated, maybe you will start a trend for repair.