new plexi hood, work in progress
after starting the task of replacing my front windscreen after an act of vandalism – maya sent me a selection of pictures to get an idea of the complexity of the task at hand and the progress she was making.
it really feels good to know how things are coming along. i thought this info might be of interest…
TW560’s windscreen replacement – the world’s LAST NEW TWIKE plexi windscreen.
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- oversized screen glued
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- oversized screen glued, side view
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- new hood glued and setting
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- the hood needs some time to dry.
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- after cutting – side view
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- hood after sanding – side view
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- plexi after sanding
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- hood ready to be cut to form
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- hood after glueing – still too big
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- the hood, ready for TW560
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- raw edge after sawing
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- doggy QA 🙂
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- all sides sanded down
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- insides sanded down – ready for some glue
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- preparations for mounting the windshield > centre column padding
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- full size plexi, ready to be cut
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- just after sawing off the overlap – raw cut
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- my hood – the main project for the TWIKEstation
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- peeling back the protective cover
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- continued doggy-QA 🙂
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- peeling back the protective cover, part one
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- sanded back, ready for some work on the details
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- ready to dry
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- all set for some sanding.
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- TW560’s new hood drying
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- applying the centre column padding
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- 13 year old NEW windscreen
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- perfect allignment of wiper motor and windscreen
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