38-28 Canopy Clips and Void Filler
Canopy Clips Although the front of my canopy seemed to lie down along the front quite well, I decided to attach more than the minimum 3 clips. I used a Dremel drum sander to make…
Canopy Clips Although the front of my canopy seemed to lie down along the front quite well, I decided to attach more than the minimum 3 clips. I used a Dremel drum sander to make…
Canopy Side Skins Now the glareshield is painted, it’s time to permanently install the precious canopy onto its frame. The match drilled holes along the top of the Side Skins are dimpled, but don’t forget…
Fairing Outline The “aft fairing line” is lightly scribed onto the canopy 7/8″ aft of the front edge. Since I don’t have any calipers, I made the equivalent from a compass & pencil : )…
The next couple of days were due to be very warm here for the time of year, so there weren’t any excuses left … I had to start drilling the canopy! Deep breath …! I’ve…
Well, here goes … work on the canopy! A gentle introduction, as the first job was to tidy up the plastic protective covering, leaving it in place, and to carefully remove about 1/4″ from the…
After the Canopy Latch Assembly parts are prepared and painted etc, a quick little job to connect together … or so I thought! Because the Rollbar slants backwards, there is no room to get a…
Breaking Edges The edges of the Top & Side Skins have to be “broken” to help improve the fit against the Rear Window. Most of the edges can be reached with the Cleaveland Edge Forming…
Countersinking After reaming the holes in the Rear Window up to #27, it was time to countersink the holes. The holes over the Roll Bar need to have a countersink to fit a #6 screw,…
Once the #40 holes are match drilled in the Roll Bar, they are opened up to #36 ready for tapping. The #36 reamer worked well for this job … in fact I was nearly relaxed…
Tools & Strategy There are lots of posts on the various forums about drilling plexiglass. Reading them make me very nervous! After lots of thought and trying to filter out the best advice, this is…