25-05-2022, 09:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-05-2022, 09:09 AM by Martin Prior.)
Hello Malcolm.
I've admired pictures of your car in the past - it looks superb!
I'm in a complicated position with this project; it's not how I'd planned the build and is not necessarily the route I would have chosen to take, but "the customer is always right". He has successfully covered other bodies, apparently using the materials that he's supplied. I was going to ask him to talk me through fitting it, but unfortunately he's currently not in a position to help - hence my appeal for advice.
It may be a case of "If you want to go there, I wouldn't start from here", but here is where I am!
I'm pretty certain that the compound curves involved are sufficiently gentle to avoid the need for any stitching (I'd intended to skin the body side up to the gutter in aluminium and the roof in vinyl), as long as I can fix the separate pieces of fabric along the gutter line firmly enough to prevent them from pulling away when shrinking.
I think that this morning's project is going to be the construction of a test rig.
Henry - I've just seen your reply. That's very helpful, thank you. I'm off to build my test frame!
I've admired pictures of your car in the past - it looks superb!
I'm in a complicated position with this project; it's not how I'd planned the build and is not necessarily the route I would have chosen to take, but "the customer is always right". He has successfully covered other bodies, apparently using the materials that he's supplied. I was going to ask him to talk me through fitting it, but unfortunately he's currently not in a position to help - hence my appeal for advice.
It may be a case of "If you want to go there, I wouldn't start from here", but here is where I am!
I'm pretty certain that the compound curves involved are sufficiently gentle to avoid the need for any stitching (I'd intended to skin the body side up to the gutter in aluminium and the roof in vinyl), as long as I can fix the separate pieces of fabric along the gutter line firmly enough to prevent them from pulling away when shrinking.
I think that this morning's project is going to be the construction of a test rig.
Henry - I've just seen your reply. That's very helpful, thank you. I'm off to build my test frame!