Hot Rods has anybody made their own roadster windshield posts?

building a 29 ford roadster and the stock posts wont really work, has any body ever fabbed some from scratch? im gonna give it a shot but pics from others would be awesome. thanks

 

Anybody?

 

One I built from scratch:


Since I am 6'6" I had to make it taller than normal.

 

Gimmie a week or so as I am getting ready to build one from scratch for my Mommy's 32.

Dunno how or what its gonna look like but I'm gonna give it a go.

 

I made this one.

 

The Bert Haddock ones were superb

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=310666

but the pics have gone from the thread it appears .

He was selling them I recall. And there might hae been a how to thread somewhere too, or maybe not.


Chris

 

I recommend starting with plywood shapes that define the size of the glass. Then it is a matter of forming steel (or aluminum/brass?) around the wood patterns.

 

Chris Casny made some nice wooden ones, looked killer!

 

here's one that I built

 

This car was at a local show recently. The grill is a bit off base. The owner said he made the windshield frame by cutting a slot in some tubing and he slid the plexiglasss into it. I believe he said the car only took two months to build. The guy wearing the black hat built it.

 

Here is one that Clark and I built.

 

Very nice work!!