It reminds me of the same tape that I found covering the access/fabrication holes on the doors and the shock tower access holes and the rear window inner panel holes, etc.
It's the same tape. And why wouldnt it be, right... no big surprise I guess.
But then I think about the tape used to secure the hoses to the four convertible top cylinders. Hmmm?!?
Would FORD really use (volume purchase) different tape if they didnt have to? The black "gaffers" type tape is used throughout the interior and on certain wiring harness convergences as well as wire harness tape downs in the interior.
So, would they really use a different type of tape ONLY to tape the hoses to the cylinders, which was no doubt done on the assembly line rather than as a component pre-assembled elsewhere?
The only reason I bring this up, as an item of question, is that I've heard that the original tape used on the cylinders is NOT this black "gaffers" type tape, but instead a White "medical cloth" type tape.
Would FORD really have specified and made their best economical purchase of type by specifiying black tape for all applications EXCEPT the cylinder hose attachment?
I'm pretty sure that when I disassembled by essentially unmolested SR that the tape was black, but have been told that it was simply dirty and deteriorated over the 40+ years, and that the original was tape was the white medical type tape.
Any thoughts regarding this and the original tape used?
Cheers... Brian
PS: I so wish that that Canadian HT or Art's HT was instead a ragtop.
