Thread: I couldn't build it for $3 K either!

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The rest of the pics.

Next I made the upright hinge pieces. Not to complicated, but I managed to screw them up by drilling them to 3/8" instead of tapping them to 3/8-24. That stuff happens when you work too long and too late.

So I made them twice. I guess practice makes perfect!

I made a quick jig to hold them aligned while I tacked them to the bottom part. Just a piece of 3/4" square tubing and 5/16" all-thread. Working by myself means I spend as much time figuring out how to hold things as I do actually building. Vise-grips rule!!

At this point I haven't finish weld anything on the brackets. I wanted to make sure it would work first.

That is an absolutely great solution to the windshield brackets. I wish you had done that before I did mine because I really like the way you did them.

You are right about the one from the body people never fitting right. My '27 is a Speedway body and I bought a Speedway windshield. When I started mounting it, there was about a one inch gap on either side. They finally had me make a cardboard template and send it to them so they could make me one that was about two inches narrower. Their body, their windshield, and it didn't fit.

You are doing not only a great job of building your T, but in presenting the info too. I'm loving all these build threads going on, so interesting to read them.

Don