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…
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38-26 & 27 Canopy Side Skins, Seals & Wear Strips
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…
38-25 Fairing Outline & Glareshield
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 : )…
38-23, 24 & 26 Drilling and Countersinking the Canopy
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…
38-20 to 22 Positioning & Trimming Canopy
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…
38-05 to 06 Canopy Latch Assemblies
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…
38-03 to 04 Breaking Edges, Dimple Puzzle & Stiffener Angles
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…
38-03 Countersinking & Trimming Rear Window
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,…
38-03 Reaming & Tapping the Roll Bar
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…
38-03 Drilling the Rear Window
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…