To start another question. I have an original set of side curtains and am
looking to get them refinished - new window material - they are like the
rear window in the top(hood).
There is a gentleman in England who sews in new rear windows. Anyone do
the "welding" like our rear windows?
Dave
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shk wrote:
> I don't believe I have ever seen an "original" set of side curtains
> so I have no idea how they were made but when I rebuilt the side
> curtains on my sprite I just went to the hardware store and bought
> a sheet of plexiglass and a roll of felt weatherstripping. I used
> an old broken sidecurtain as a template, cut the plexiglass on my
> tablesaw and then used a Dremel and sandpaper to form the curve on the
> rear-upper portion of the sidecurtain. I was extremely pleased with
> how they came out. I had never worked with plexiglass before and I
> had no idea how hard it would be to cut, shape, etc. They were quite
> easy to make, and I would recommend it to anyone with $10 for supplies
> and a table saw.
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