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Old 09-08-2015, 05:10 AM   #2
wensum
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Default Re: Speedster nearly finished!

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Originally Posted by Tinbasher View Post
Nicely Done. I hope my next project will be a Speedster. Once I'm finished my Sport Coupe. The windshield looks like it may have started out as a Jag 120 or 140 OTS frame. or handmade after a Duvall style frame. Neat, I like it. I'm not a wood guy so I appreciate the work.

John Poole
In fact, I made patterns for the three uprights for the windscreen in Customwood and had them cast in bronze. The glass sits in a standard vintage car windscreen channel bent to shape and then bonded into rebates in the castings with JB Weld.
Time will tell as to whether JB Weld is strong enough?
Keith
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