Projects built lots of cars, but never a 32 roadster...

It got up to a whole 41° the other day so I went out to celebrate the heatwave (in my shirt sleeves) by starting to install my bop top...

 

Bop Top going together well.
Made custom header-bow brackets in SolidWorks and 3D printed in stainless. This was necessary to properly accommodate the laid back windshield angles. Will post photos of the trial nylon prints when I get a chance. In the meantime, here are some photos of my progress...

 

That's one of the nicer tops I've seen. Does it have side curtains also?

 

Negative

 

I figured out what that boom noise I hear is when I hit a bump hard, as in Jalopy Hill climbing

 

Same on my sedan , Just because I do not want to notch , to set Low

 

Beats the middle of the floor above the diff housing?
I figure, sooner of later it'll metal form it's own little "hump" and no longer be a problem

 

Hahaha. LOL. That's basically the same principle I used to modify the grille bottom of my old '40/'37 pickup...it eventually flattened out nicely.

 

Which caves first, the floor or the brake line?

 

In the photo, the p-clips are bent upward to give access to the nuts. The brake line was not actually in-between the floor and housing. It's in the small recess over the edge of the pumpkin...very well protected.

 

Today, I got the new differential in there...whew, was that ever a pain in the ass. Next time, I will Jack the car up much higher. It is very tight in there.

 

I thought of getting in the trunk and cutting out a rectangle to give the rear end housing some clearance... I could panel beat a nice "hump" and weld or rivet it in with a flange. But then after all that work, the axle tubes would probably smack the frame rails.

 

Did you do the good ol drop the dif on your chest/stomach and then wiggle out from under the car dance?
I’m thinking about changing gears one more time on my Tudor (as I have everything else dialed in now), but without a lift and thinking of the doing the dif dance one more time is really putting my enthusiasm on pause.