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bearwin - April 10th, 2008 at 11:58 PM

guys I'm a new owner of country buggy..my cb was fitted with fiberglass roof...I want to remove it and put soft top/canvass but I dont have any copy of the bow....maybe a little help from this forum...pics maybe...thanks in advance...:cool:

BrisDubba - April 11th, 2008 at 01:08 AM

The rules of the country buggy forum are that you must post pics of your buggy - otherwise you will be treated as a perverted peeping tom (okay perhaps I made those rules up but posting some pics of your buggy and a story of its back ground would be of some use)

As for the roof, plenty of people on here would like a copy of your fibreglass one and the soft tops can be relatively easy to manufacture - I believe Powers Canvas in Toowoomba did a pretty good job on a buggy recently.

What is the KO of your buggy ? and whereabouts are you located ?

Welcome to the buggy world..

Peter
(Brisbane/

auditwmba - April 11th, 2008 at 09:56 AM

Bearwin,

Firstly, welcome to the weird wonderful world of CB ownership - you have joined a select group.

As far as bows are concerned, try CB CRAIG. His buggy is missing bows as well - he has measured mine to help him copy the original design. He may be convinced to make more!

Do you know whether your fibreglass roof is original? Original roofs are possibly rarer that the car!

regards

Rob

cb john - April 11th, 2008 at 02:07 PM

Hi Bearwin,
I have bows at my workshop,shouldn't be a big trouble to make a drawing..

cb john

VWCOOL - April 11th, 2008 at 02:55 PM

yeah I need some bows as well

There was mention of some bloke on here making vinyl roofs a while ago - not sure of he ever finished...?

CB CRAIG - April 12th, 2008 at 07:51 AM

John,
What other parts do you have for sale and what will you be making next?I sent a "pm"to you.
Regards Craig.

cb john - April 12th, 2008 at 06:57 PM

I've finished everything from dashboard to front bumper, next I'm going to make side panels etc...

Pault - April 13th, 2008 at 04:38 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bearwin
guys I'm a new owner of country buggy..my cb was fitted with fiberglass roof...I want to remove it and put soft top/canvass but I dont have any copy of the bow....maybe a little help from this forum...pics maybe...thanks in advance...:cool:


Hi Bearwin,

I've sent you a PM.

Regards
Paul

ztnoo - April 15th, 2008 at 08:00 PM

Paul,
Could it be you have your eye on the hardtop???
:smilegrin:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=66444&page=1#pid629429 

If someone with molding skills could have this fiberglass top to work from, there might be a market, although small I'll grant you, to sell some reproduction units if they were of high quality.
Just throwing an idea out there....
:tu:

Regards,
Steve

Pault - April 15th, 2008 at 08:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ztnoo
Paul,
Could it be you have your eye on the hardtop???
:smilegrin:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=66444&page=1#pid629429 

If someone with molding skills could have this fiberglass top to work from, there might be a market, although small I'll grant you, to sell some reproduction units if they were of high quality.
Just throwing an idea out there....
:tu:

Regards,
Steve



Hey Steve,

You've read me like a book. Yes I'm still looking for a hard top, and I've been in contact with the person in Brisbane (I think that's where he lives) who is going to eventually make a mould from the one he's got, but at this stage he hasn't started yet.

You see, where I live up here in Qld it gets so hot that even if I had a soft top I would never have it down because I'd get cooked. So I would prefer a hard top.

Eventuall one will turn up, but if not I might have to get the softop just to keep the sun off.

Catch you later.

Paul