So I got the rear soft top window to zip shut over the cage this weekend.
I decided to check & see how easy it is to bend the rear supports inward... and as it turns out: pretty easy.
I therefore decided to implement an "interim solution" until I can get the new rear supports (like those in the pic above) in there... I strapped a 10k# ratchet strap around them and cranked on it till the window zipped in. Problem solved... for now.
So now it's pretty much road ready (for slow stuff--it
really needs a swaybar to be truly road-worthy)...
I just need to:
- get some flares on
- install a side mirror
- get'r inspected
- hook up my heater hoses
- build a rear tire-carrier bumper
- fix a wiring error (i used resistance wire AND a dash ind lamp on the alternator field wire--too much current-limit so only self-excites @ ^RPM)
- build a swaybar/mounts
- paint it one color!
The cruiser now has some road miles on it, after seven long years.
...cell phone pic