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jon205

Joined: Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:15 am
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Location: sunshine coast qld

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:03 am

i made a hard tonneau on the weekend to go with my new mu canvas bikini top and windbreak

Choppy

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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:13 am

thats awesome good work

mrw82

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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:20 am

looks good mate, you just need some gas struts now to hold it up.

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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:24 am

Very neat mate

what did ya make it out of?

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jon205

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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:29 am

gas struts would be good. made it out of 15 mm ply

ozsteve

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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:38 am

what about your roll bar that you were going to fit

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jon205

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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:45 am

i gave up on that, u can have it if u want

ozsteve

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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:11 am

no worrys thanks give you a call soon

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jonno_racing

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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:57 am

nice one mate. i need to make mine lift up!

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nandor85

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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:45 am

i would be a bit worried when ya get it wet that it doesnt swell up and bow

jon205

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Location: sunshine coast qld

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:48 am

ive painted it with exterior paint so hopefully it will last a while. ill just have to see what happens

nandor85

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Location: adelaide

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:08 am

sweet as thats why im building a fiberglass 1 but just struggling to get the info on what fiber and resin to use cause i dont want it cracking

Fatzook

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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:15 am

nandor85 wrote:

sweet as thats why im building a fiberglass 1 but just struggling to get the info on what fiber and resin to use cause i dont want it cracking

Make a light steel flatbar frame and cast it into the fibreglass. If you plan it right it will give you a point to anchor gas struts also.

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nandor85

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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:18 am

im a sheet metal apprentice so thats easy i was just going to run box alloy along the edge of the sides and the lid and fiberglass them in but just want to get all info first sorry about the hijack

jon205

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Location: sunshine coast qld

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:50 am

if ur a sheet metal worker why dont u make a nice checker plate one? im a sheety too and thats what i was gonna do but i had the sheet of ply lying around so i used it to get rid of it

31zook

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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:40 pm

looks really nice, i might steal this idea for my lwb....

BlueSuzy

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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:31 pm

Looks good. You could even hand cover it in vinyl or canvas like the roof.

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