Tom Daniel's "Streetfighter" I had the Monogram kit as a kid and also got the factory built display model from the clearance bin!
That Bad News 60 chevy is one that needs to come to life, full size. I think there's a later paint job with some american flag-ish striping
I totally agree. I can't believe some one has not done it unless Tom Daniels want's liscensing! The other 3 in"car"nations of this kit were Quicksilver,By Tom himself and a ****py rework called " Bad Actor" and a reissue called Streetfighter II with new scalloped decals and artwork by Tom himself.
i might be wrong, but i think its gl***. my old boss had one and cracked it. it didn't look or feel like lexan.
They're not gl***. They are plexigl*** which crazes like mad after a few years of sun. BTW polymers do crack.
BTTT Been racking my brains on how to install a red Acrylic sheet into the roof of my Model A to match the tint on the side windows. Anyone have experience doing this? Can't seem to find any threads showing ways to mount gl*** in the roof. On my A I also want to install a removable snap on pleated insert as well. Any help/advice would be appreciated.
Cut and fit your insert and use machine screws thru the snaps to hold the insert in. You should be aware that plastics scratch pretty easily so your snap on cover may damage it if left on too long. And since my website is long gone,,,, Thas whats in those other pix
I saw this car years ago at some Street Rodder mag. show. It was a slick little car. Here is a picture took of it. It's got some cool headers on it.
I'm not sure how he did it but this somewhat local to me car has had plexigl*** in the windows and roof since the 80's at least. I've never studied how the roof was put in but it looks like he has the stock style trim strip around it. If you put anything like a snap on cover over it make sure it has a soft back or it will scratch the plastic.
Did a Lexan roof in an A sedan before. Started out with clear lexan but before the summer was over it was changed to tinted. That was back when you could buy a piece of tinted lexan reasonably. We used counter sunk screws.
First off I think it's kind of gimmicky, secondly on a warm sunny day you'd be driving inside a greenhouse. But to each their own.
Back in the 70's I recall seeing a '58 or '59 Chevy Suburban with a clear roof installed. It was sliver with flames. As a sixteen year old, I really dug it.
Thanks for the responses everyone. Gimmicky? really. I'm going for a sixties custom look. I know it's going to be crazy when the sun is shining strong and I'm a RED bubble. But I think I'll like the idea for a while. That being said I'd like to have the snap on vinyl roof insert as an alternative when I'm not in the mood for it. I went to the Detroit Autorama and took tons of pics of all the open roof cars and my memory card decided to go wacky and corrupted most of the pics.
A lexan or plexi gl*** roof insert is going to make it warm in there, not as bad as a bubble top car but warm non the less. We used plexi gl*** before lexan became popular by the way. Anyway I digress, when plow boy built the bubble top he put an AC in there so that he could drive it. Tinting it will help. Someon was asking how to do it, the A bone that we did we built a dropped channel out of angle iron so that the lexan would fit flush, then we used counter sunk screws that screwed into the channel. I suppose that if one really wanted to get nit picky they could also do it with window rubber, like a windshield and try and make everyone believe that it came that way.
A good friend of mine had an Anglia with a lexan insert in place of the cloth one. It was fine on a cloudy day but hotter than the hubs of Hell on a sunny day. When he redid the car several years ago the first thing to go was the lexan roof. I say it was lexan but I do not know that to be a fact. It is possible that it was plexigl***.
I wanted to get Lexan porkn****** but found a local shop that's selling me a 4'x4' 1/4" thk piece of Acrylic for only $65. Online companies want $150 just to ship a 4'x4' pc of Lexan! Sounds like I'll end up not liking it in the end. Gotta remember to bring lots of water for when I'm driving!!
Lexan is just a trade name, my wife actually worked for the company that sold the process, name, patent and all to the Arabs a few years back and it is pricey as hell. I tried to get some tinted drop from them to use for g***er windows and they gave her some clear drop and told me to just use window tint, they said that tinted lexan was so pricey that they would be embarr***ed to sell me drop. Acrylic will be fine as far as I am concerned. There is also an avenue to take for those bright, bright sun shiny days, one could make up a little head liner to snap on the inside to blot out the sun.
True! Good idea. Also thanks for the advice on protecting it from getting scratched everyone. Tinman, that's one hell of a drag car there. Love the worksmanship.
I'd agree with P&B a simple snap in head liner to cover the clear roof would probably be the best option just as sliding the inside cover forward to cover the moon roof in the wife's daily is on a hot day.
We are building an airplane. What is often done with home builder to install a Lexan windshield is to use soft clear poly fuel line as a bushing around the screws. The fuel line should just slide over the screw and the hole in the Lexan the same as the poly OD. This gives gives a little for expansion and it helps keep the screw threads from cutting into the Lexan. This helps to avoid stress risers that will crack the windshield. Lexan is tougher than Plexigl*** and apparently lasts longer. That may be why it is used in aircraft windshields.
The Sun Valley had a plexigl*** roof with a green tint, it also came with a sun shade that fastened inside with snaps. There is a reason they only made them for 1 or 2 years but, something like that would look cool.
I made a curved boat windshield from Lexan after a wave over the bow ripped off my plexigl*** windshield. Lexan won't break, you can slice thin strips and tie knots with the Lexan. It does scratch easier than plexigl***. Plexigl*** is more rigid I believe. I have seen plexigl*** tinted with lacquer but I don't know how long it would stay bonded...
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