Tony's 40 ford

Previously we did a top mock up exercise in two dimensions with cardboard to give us some direction on the shape and angle of the windshield frame. Now we are going to revisit a mocked up top in three dimensions to aid in the design and fabrication of the rear of the cockpit as well as the curvature and placement of the top bows.

We accomplished this by making some simulated "windows" out of plywood and attaching some temporary brackets to the top of the wood to hold our mock up top bows. Once we were satisfied with the shape and placement of the bows we orceeded to cover the whole thing with masking tape to get a good visual on the overall shape of the top.

some of the things we learned from this exercise were that left as is, the trunk would end at the edge of the trunk. We need about a four inch cat walk between the trunk and the top so the trunk will have to be shortened that amount. While the bows have the curvature we want, they are about a half inch low. That amount will be taken up with upholstery and padding. The lower edge of the top will have a significantly different shape. The 3/4" rod that we were using for mock up bows didn't lend itself well to creating the correct shape.