Thread: So---With Visa card in hand I called Gennie Shifter---

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Boxstr, Thank you very much! Really! The plastic clips are really neat; I can take your pictures to a local top shop. This means that I can get the "Gypsy" type top and will not have to drill holes in the tops of the doors for a stick or pole as used in the stock doors. In fact I think one can retain much of the side vision by extending the clear plastic back in a triangular way almost to the back brace. I have pondered this for over six months as to how to avoid the need for holes in the door tops and retain the side vision. I have been in contact with a local top shop and they say they can make whatever I want at $50/hour plus cost of materials and they did a super job on a '34 Dodge roadster recently. C9x talked me into Lexan as well after I had the WW cut from (heavy) glass but I had a hard time drilling the holes for the windwings straight and ended up with some wedge-shaped rubber hose washers. Maybe I can remake washers out of copper tubing and have them chromed or find some aluminum tubing to keep the metallic look. It is frustrating to me to see examples again and again of better workmanship than I can seem to muster but maybe once I get the car finished I will be able to clean up some of these details like the hose washers. I note I still have to drill the stanchions for the side curtain posts. I wore out a bit drilling the WW mount holes but I have a new drill press so maybe I can clamp them down and get neat holes for the curtain posts. Your workmanship is excellent and there are many super nice cars on this Forum but mine seems to fall somewhere closer to a rat rod but as I said maybe I will be able to clean up some of these details later, maybe. I have since trimmed the rubber strip along the top of the windshield.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder