Thread: For Don Shilady

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Yes, the Bebops body is a fiberglass shell over a skeleton made of 1" square tubing so any panels I add require drilling holes for screws. There is an inset along the top edge of the doors and maybe that is for a Velcro panel? Here is a picture of the seam tape along the front bow which hides the fasteners in an expandable middle seam. I would like to have such a tape 1 1/2" wide but probably that does not exist? A second picture shows my front kick panels. The color match and general result is probably the worst thing on the car and will probably make me get a professional job as soon as I can afford it. For now it still looks better than bare wood. I would put vinyl over it but I can't figure out how to cover the wooden "donuts" I used to offset the speakers from the inside of the body.

Postscrip: I just got my April 2013 (April??) copy of Street Rodder which has some of the usual nearly unnattainable skill and equipment that is beyond me but also includes a section on interiors which makes me realize these kick panels are unnacceptable. I will try to cover the kick panels with the brown vinyl I have by just cutting out a hole around the speaker donuts. I can do OK with a rat tail file and bolt in angle iron brackets but this pretty stuff requires a pro.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/Teen Rodder