What are these straps?

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peegee77

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I've just bought a 1987 110 and I am trying to figure out the purpose of the three straps on each side. They aren't fixed to the canvas and they don't connect to it in any way - they are actually pop riveted to the vehicle side.

I assume they were intended to strap some piece of kit like stretcher poles to the vehicle, but I can't see them on any other 110 photo. Does anyone know?

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Probably they were fitted in-service as a local modification to hold hessian which was used under camo-netting to break up the silhouette, often a strip of wood was fixed to the lower edge of the material so it dropped down and could then be rolled up easily. It wouldn't extend across the doors becasue of course they would need to be opened even when parked up.
All sorts of modifications were carried out locally and it is not unusual to come across things which aren't seen on other vehicles.
 
Thanks for that. The straps were pretty tatty and one was broken, so I've taken them off, at least while I repaint. I've put pop rivets in the holes so if I get new straps in the future it will be easy enough to drill them out and refit.

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As you have the little triangles on the sides of your canvas, Do they cover holes? Could the straps be for poles of some description that went through those said holes?
 
The canvas triangles on each side have velcro on one side, underneath is a hole about the size of a 10p covered outside with a square of rubber. The rubber has a single slit in it, so I assume it forms a water resistant gland to pass a cable through - certainly too small for a pole of any sort.

The canvas panels each side at the rear have a hole half way up big enough for a pole (or broom.) So, apart from mounting an electric broom each side with a wire running into the vehicle...

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You are fitting the rear flap straps. They thread UNDER the side flap and through the small hole to the buckle so that wind & rain aren't pushed through the unprotected flap into the rear.
The side vents are to allow coax cable out of the side of the canvas to side antenna mounts. No evidance of a side-mount ever being fitted to your vehicle and I can't see if there are TUAAM mountings on the front wings but it is very possible that an FFR canvas has been fitted to a GS (is your vehicle an FFR or GS?).
 
Thor1950 said:
The triangle flap is for ventilation, lets fresh air in and helps with getting rid of moisture build up
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I have a GS truck with an FFR tilt. these triangles are to allow the coax from the radio inside to pass to the aerials outside, they arent for ventilation there are plenty of other holes everywhere else for that lol
 
Flat.
Your profile photo also shows the rear flap straps done up incorrectly. I see that it was taken the day it was picked up so you may have already sorted it?
 
Thanks everyone - I'll secure the rear flap in proper tidy fashion from now on! The vehicle is not FFR, so I guess as you say it has simply acquired a FFR canvas at some stage.
 
Litch said:
Flat.
Your profile photo also shows the rear flap straps done up incorrectly. I see that it was taken the day it was picked up so you may have already sorted it?
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yes i sorted that the day after i picked it up, also replaced a complete mish mash of old shoe laces used to hold the tilt down lol, i ended up taking the whole tilt off and refitting it to get it all to sit straight!

Ed
 
Litch said:
Probably they were fitted in-service as a local modification to hold hessian which was used under camo-netting to break up the silhouette, often a strip of wood was fixed to the lower edge of the material so it dropped down and could then be rolled up easily. It wouldn't extend across the doors becasue of course they would need to be opened even when parked up.
All sorts of modifications were carried out locally and it is not unusual to come across things which aren't seen on other vehicles.
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This seemed to make sense, so after I finished repainting I decided to try something similar, just using camo net rather than hessian. First was 6 straps from the local Army Surplus, 99p each, pop riveted back in the holes I blanked from earlier. (Need to dull down the buckles which are a silvery muckite.)

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Some bits of camo netting ( £10 from Preloved UK Classifieds) and a couple of poles from Homebase ( £3.99 each.)

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Camo netting inspected, tested and approved

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Having the poles cable tied along 2 edges makes the whole thing much easier to handle

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Rolled and stowed


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peegee77 said:
This seemed to make sense, so after I finished repainting I decided to try something similar, just using camo net rather than hessian. First was 6 straps from the local Army Surplus, 99p each, pop riveted back in the holes I blanked from earlier. (Need to dull down the buckles which are a silvery muckite.)

camo12.jpg


Some bits of camo netting ( £10 from Preloved UK Classifieds) and a couple of poles from Homebase ( £3.99 each.)

camo3.jpg


Camo netting inspected, tested and approved

camo7.jpg


Having the poles cable tied along 2 edges makes the whole thing much easier to handle

camo9.jpg


Rolled and stowed


camo11.jpg
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Smart, I like that!

Good job your landy isnt a 'C' plate......
 
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