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Sorry, just got back home from being on the road for a while. “.032 is easy to
bend, held in place with “Clecos”, straitened it up with cargo straps.
had to use cherry rivets for the blind holes at the bottom.
used “3/16 in the blind holes, and used “5/32 solids for almost everything else.
and...
Used “.032 2024 T3 for the round sides, .040 for the center back and .062 for
the top. In case someone stood on it. And we have went through many tree limbs
with no damage so far.
We are at Amelia island right now ( right now) will be back home in a week or so.
if you IM us after that can take better pictures and answer any questions.
Yes we are very happy that we went metal, over canvas.
going thru brush and tree limbs,rain etc.
and really isn’t that hard to make.
And???? If you want to learn to sew, look up
“Sail right” sewing machines, bought one a few years ago and I have never used a sewing machine before.
We have used it for seat covers, convertible tops, tool, gun cases etc. can’t believe the stuff it will sew.
We had a M35A3, canvas top. Of course it was old.
Looked, measured and made a great top out of
aluminum. Turned out better than we ever expected.
Made it a little taller, made a little center console,
with a dome and map lights. If I knew how to post pictures ( old and seriously computer...
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