any updates?
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i like it cant wait to see it
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Hi,
I have updates for the bar and the tonneau. I will take some more pics and post them this week, as I decided several months ago to change the vert's color to black. That decision took me in different directions as far as priorities and I have now worked my way back into the passenger compartment. The bar is welded into it's final resting place, but I have decided to take it a step further and weld in some side impact bars which I have tied into the Porsche bar using a pipe notcher. I know pictures speak louder than words, so look for some this weekend........ |
awesome! i was beginning to think you had abandoned it lol
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I don't even have a vert and I still wanna see this bad!
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crazy
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RXVERT Always in Progress
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SKNKWRKZ Keepup the excellent work Were ALL very proud of you. I originally was going to do that with an Honda S2000 cover. but never followed thru.See Picts;
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RXVERT Always in Progress
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I originally looked at most of the tounec covers to see the flow of the line of the car heres some others: All you vert guys soak it in and get creative.
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RXVERT Always In Progress
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One Last Picture please: A See Thru of a Miata Hard Top Convertible Trunk Area:
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not trying to be a douche but...... still waiting for said pictures :suspect:
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I'm also a douche, also waiting for pics!
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Here are a few......more to come this weekend as it's been slow going. I am also trying to finish some work on a Knightsport front bumper I chopped up from an FD and molded into my FC as well as flaring out the front of the fenders to meet it. Lots of Irons in the fire but it's all coming together. Painted the trunk and the engine compartment and am looking at finishing the rest of the paint sometime this month before I put it on the trailer to have a new top put on (not touching that one). Anyway, here are a couple pics of the Tonneau.......The first one is of the two top Porsche pieces molded and fiberglass'd to the bottom piece I made. The 2nd one is borrowed from the car stereo guys by covering it with synthetic fleece and then saturating that with resin. Now, I will 'glass the places that need it, sand it and prep it for primer sealer.
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...s/Tonneau1.jpg Fleece http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...s/Tonneau5.jpg |
Pic of it in the installed location ?
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Originally Posted by Havoc
(Post 10900737)
Pic of it in the installed location ?
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...Tonneau1-1.jpg 2nd pic http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...s/Tonneau3.jpg 3rd pic http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...Tonneau5-1.jpg 4th pic http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...s/Tonneau6.jpg 5th pic http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...s/Tonneau4.jpg |
i love this project but how is one supposed to umm store said fiberglass thing once the top is up?
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so this is more of a permanent no more top mod?
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i wouldnt consider it permanent since welp the top is hidden by the thingy he is making i suppose that one could store the thingy at home.
and i just answered my own question |
Originally Posted by no_luck
(Post 10949394)
i wouldnt consider it permanent since welp the top is hidden by the thingy he is making i suppose that one could store the thingy at home.
and i just answered my own question |
02-07-2012 New Roll Hoop Paint Pics
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...Cagepaint2.jpg
Pic 2 Floor/Subframe/Side Impact Bars http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/.../floorbar1.jpg Pic3 Driver Side View http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...Cagepaint5.jpg Pic4 Rat Rod Spider Web http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...72012/web5.jpg Pic 5 Floor Bar2 http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/.../Floorbar2.jpg Pic6 Rat Rod Spider Close Up http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...72012/Web1.jpg Pic7 Roll Hoop Side View http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...72012/web4.jpg |
Originally Posted by Lovely Idol
(Post 10970419)
What are you going to do about the gaping hole you're still going to have
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First Off, if you have owned a vert, then you know that all there was there before was a faux raised floor and no rear seats. Besides, the places where you could put those childlike seats in the back will house more useful things like a remote mounted Red Top battery. Second, give it some time as I have the whole interior to put back in with several other BESPOKE pieces for the front and the back. Once the front seats\harnesses are in, as well as the carpet, I am looking at two things......The first would be using the factory supplied wind guard behind the front seats that would swing up and down on hinges that would still let me access the back. The second, would be a Corvette/Saleen "Waterfall type) center piece that would attach to the Roll Hoop that I have drawn up plans previously to fabricate. I know it's hard to vision some of that, as none of it is bolt-on, but custom one-off.....So, just bare with me, as to my knowledge, none of this has really been tried before. In any case, what you are talking about is trivial at best, as just getting that Roll Hoop tied in and looking right (as it looks right to me and as long as it looks right to me, that's ALL that really counts) was first and foremost.
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This looks incredible! I had always wondered about this style of roll bar when I had each of my verts. Great job thinking outside the box!
(Now I just have to figure out when I can get my car up to you to convince you to build me a roll bar for my coupe... LOL) |
great job!
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