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Unfortunately, It is neither universal nor Flexible. With the Lexan installed it is rigid with less than an 1/8” of compliance. It MUST to be fit to the body with a shrinker/stretcher.
Nick Acton built this first one and sent it to me based on my measurements. Needless to say it was not useable (by no fault of his). Without the car there, you’re flying blind
Nick asked that I send it back for rework, but the time and shipping cost didn’t make sense to me. I am a realist when it comes to cust fabrication. Nick would have lost his ass (even more!! Lol) So I bought a Harbor freight S/S for around $100 and went to work! Lol
Once you start playing and fitting it you begin to see the complexity of the curves and the angle. As you shrink or stretch the cowl side of the flange it affects the windscreen curvature as well and vice-versa . The key is be gentle! Little tiny adjustments and lots of test fitting. Once you have the shape correct, the real work starts! You have to make it flat again! That means hammer and dolly out all the dents , bumps, ripples and waves then file out all the teeth marks from the S/S. That alone took me many hours to get the finish close to where I wanted it.
Price: Nicks web site says $595. The material is not terribly expensive, but the labor is huge. After material cost, thats not many hours of labor, he surely isn’t making any money on it!
I have thought about making a mold and building them out of fiberglass or Carbon Fiber. They could be had much cheaper and easier
Last edited by D-CEL; 06-12-2013 at 03:29 PM..
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