rx7locost wrote:
Looks pretty good IMO. I like the side panels. They remind me of a 914 or DelSol or X/19 without the top. Some work needs to be done to blend the top to the trailing ines of the side panel unless you are wanting the rectilinear look. How do you plan on securing the leading edge without stressing the windshield?
Think now about how you might attach/fit doors and side curtains when the time comes. If you can accommodate that, at least in concept, now, then it won't be a possible obstacle later on.
I hadn't thought of the 914 or DelSol or even the X/19 which I use to own. I had thought it looked similar to an old Northeastern
modified back in the day when they used Gremlin bodies. Of course this car is much smaller than those.
I am playing with a side curtain idea. I'm thinking of a piece of clear acrylic attached to the edge of the top-gullwing door and hinged so as to create sort of a bifold effect using simple clips to hold it in at the bottom. This whole top Idea was kinda of sudden. I just playing around with it. The car is so much fun to drive, I need some way to drive in the winter. We don't have Chicago type winters
here, but it does get rather cold. Was 26 this morning. A little too cold for me without a top.