You guys with 69 -70 sport roofs have probably had to replace the inner quarter sail panels ,maybe more than once . They are card board and warp and curl and the vinyl peels off .I am going to make fiberglass sail panels ,they will have the correct shape and the correct grain and will look like the original but no more warping and no more peeling .
I started with 18 gauge sheet metal and traced an original sail panel on the sheet metal and cut it out .I need it to be solid when finished so i can make a mold from it when it is finished .
It will have the correct moon skin vinyl glued to it when it is done . I took the piece to my English wheel to shape it to fit my 69 CJ. It will already have the correct shape so it will just screw in place .The first side took me a couple of hours to shape ,trying to figure out the correct contours .
I went ahead and cut the hole for the light so it would already be in the mold but i think i will fill it in and make two sets of molds ,one with lights and one with out .
I started with 18 gauge sheet metal and traced an original sail panel on the sheet metal and cut it out .I need it to be solid when finished so i can make a mold from it when it is finished .
It will have the correct moon skin vinyl glued to it when it is done . I took the piece to my English wheel to shape it to fit my 69 CJ. It will already have the correct shape so it will just screw in place .The first side took me a couple of hours to shape ,trying to figure out the correct contours .
I went ahead and cut the hole for the light so it would already be in the mold but i think i will fill it in and make two sets of molds ,one with lights and one with out .
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