Date:         Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:05:14 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: technique question-- molds - modify a top??
Comments: To: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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That guy did a big no no as far as I am concerned. He cut out the main
upper support arch in the rear section and did not replace it with anything.
You can see the support still in place after the roof skin was removed
on page 6, photo 3, then gone in photo 4 of that page. Still gone on
page 17,roof project done.

Mark

Jonathan Farrugia wrote:

>perhaps this is closer to what you are looking at doing.  this person who
>is on the list i believe modified a Type 2 hightop (from the pictures i
>believe it to be a safare top) to fit a vanagon.
>
>http://www.soyouz.ca/syncro/index.htm
>................
>
>On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, jimt wrote:
>
>
>
>>After looking around at the availability of trying to get a solid
>>sportcamper or adventurewagon top,  I am very seriously looking at modifying
>>an existing top.  Note the top itself not molds for a top.  The problems is
>>at that scale I need to know what the integrity would be.
>>For example if I was to take a fiberglass canoe and decide to shorten it by
>>1 foot and make it a foot narrower, would I be able to refasten the parts
>>together and have a good canoe?
>>jimt
>>
>>