29 model a sport coupe roof : I'm building a fiberglass roof.

[DonnyRay]

Here's some photos of the roof frame work.

 

[Spanky]

Whose car are you working on, DR?

 

[DonnyRay]

The owner of the shop ( Leroy Hunt). I'm building my project car in his abandoned body shop. So ; now i have TWO cars to build. Here's some more progress photos :

 

[DonnyRay]

I use 1 layer of 2oz. fiberglass mat to make my skins. I also use a 28" x 48" x 1/2" piece of Neoprene to lay up my 2oz. fiberglass mat. The polyester resin doesn't stick to the Neoprene .

 

[fletcherson]

Abandoned body shop.... sounds spooky! Lol... lucky you. I literally grew up in my dads body shop. Learned a lot playing and watching the every day grind. I would love to go back to those days, about 1971 or so.

 

[DonnyRay]

correction on the neoprene ( it's polyethylene). Not NEOPRENE !! Sorry everyone , I made a mistook.

 

[DonnyRay]

More progress photos : Any questions guys ??

 

[Indycars]

Any questions guys ??

Yes, when do you sleep???

 

[Spanky]

Hey DR . . . this will be removeable, right? How will you fasten it to the body?

 

[DonnyRay]

It won't be removable. Hi indycars , i sleep between 11 p.m & 8 a.m. The original sport coupe roof was stationary. This model is not a cabriolet.

 

[DonnyRay]

More progress photos:

 

[DonnyRay]

I have skinned the entire roof. Now , i'll go inside & glass the skin to the wooden framework. First i have to brush resin on all of the bare wood. Then , i can add fiberglass strips to attach the framework to the outer skin.

 

[DonnyRay]

It's wintertime now so........ I'll continue the work on the roof when the weather starts warming up again next year.

 

[DonnyRay]

NEWS FLASH ! It has doors now !