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So I am redoing the window shade material in my 26 fordor.. The bottom of the shade it has a wooden rod,at the end of the rod is a (eye hook). What is the eye for ??

1926 fordor

There are vertical guide strings tacked to the upholstery panels that keep the shade close to the window

Oh.. thanks. Anybody have any pictures ? My strings didn't survive.

I don't want to be demanding... anybody have details of where the strings attach, pics would be great thanks.

I assumed this was correct when I did my '25 Tudor. If I'm wrong someone will correct me.
Rich

Nice.... Thanks Rich.... I can do that.

Rich. Can you post a closeup of that fastener? Does it screw into the upholstery panel? Here is a photo of the shade of my ‘26 coupe. The shade has the cord on each lower corner, but I never could figure what it attached to. Thank you. Jim Patrick.

PS. Someone said the cord was to keep the shade close to the window, but I don’t think that is right because the cord is loose when the shade is pulled down. I think it is a shade arrester to prevent the shade from retracting too high if it suddenly released. The only way it could hold the shade down and the cord tight is if a boat cleat was used on each side to wrap the cord around, but I prefer the fasteners Rich used that make the cords into a shade arrester.

ah ha . I found what is left of my strings. behind the back seat at the rear window, and attached underneath the panel at the sides.