Grabbed the opportunity

I decided after all that it would be better to fit the Savannah’s new panel top covering before trying to fit the screen. My plan for today, therefore, was just to produce a ‘final’ version of the covering ready for fitting tomorrow, which is forecast to be a little bit warmer than today. So using the pattern that I made yesterday, I cut out a new piece of covering and took it over to Malbec.

It fitted beautifully and although it had been cloudy with a chilly dampness in the air earlier on, by then the day was brighter and had warmed up a bit. So I decided that I might just as well zip down to Brico Jem in Rouffignac, buy a small can of contact adhesive and stick it on straight away.

It was a bit tricky getting it into exactly the original position because it tried to grip as soon as it touched anywhere on the panel top but in the end it didn’t go on too badly, as the following pics show.

I’ll probably have to trim the edge a little in one or two spots when I fit the screen but that should be easy enough with a sharp knife. But at least I can at last go ahead and replace 77ASY’s damaged screen, which hopefully will be tomorrow 🙂