Couldn't wait for Paki Top!

[schlaker]

Very nice.

If you get a chance, please show more on the bows, how attached to windshield frame on sides, etc. I think a Toyota Trails write up/article/how to would be the bomb.

Took a few more pics this AM. Hope this helps explain.

The supports over the doors are 1/2" steel electrical conduit that I bent over my knee to follow the hard top lines. I crimped about 1.5" at either end in my vice, drilled holes, and smoothed with a flap wheel. The windshield end is just bolted to the original HT bracket and spaced with fender washers so it seals against the doors. The other end is bent at about 45 deg and bolted to the cage. I drilled and tapped the cage for this (its only place I had to drill into the truck or cage.)

The over head bows just fit into slots in the conduit door bows. (I drilled 5 1/8" holes to slot them, not all that pretty! My dremmel tool was MIA.) The length of these bows determined the lateral tightness of the top. I figure if the canvas stretches I can always replace them with longer aluminum stock in about 5 min. Even when taught, the bows tapped against the cage freeway speeds, so I slipped the pipe foam over them and its super quiet now.

 

[BladeRunner80]

Damn, that looks really nice! Good job, now I want to make one!

 

[74fj40]

Would be interested in trying this, and maybe even fitting it with a wind jammer from a jeep?

 

[scott johnson]

You are my hero. Going to Northern tool to get a tarp and give it a try.

 

[85roktoy]

dig it, want one

X2! Do I smell a production model??!! These would sell man. You need to work on one for a factory bar maybe?

 

[Toyoda ALW Ltd]

thats a nice job

 

[bulldog11267mad]

hey looks great. i see you have a snorkel i was wondering if you can fold the front windshield down with the snorkel on it?

 

[corbinwelter]

nice! Very nice cruiser!

I have been debating on replacing my vinyl bikini with canvas

 

[Volcano cruiser]

This looks great. Really a nice job. Congrats.

 

[schlaker]

hey looks great. i see you have a snorkel i was wondering if you can fold the front windshield down with the snorkel on it?

Nope - cant fold down the windshield with the ARB Safari Snorkel. Maybe with some mods... but the snorkel bolts to the window frame.

 

[Dedtruk]

Ditto on the how-to as the bomb. Great job, and sweet rig too!

Very nice.

If you get a chance, please show more on the bows, how attached to windshield frame on sides, etc. I think a Toyota Trails write up/article/how to would be the bomb.