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freebeard · 12-05-2012, 02:52 AM

If you leave redwood bender-board out in the rain it gets as limp as a noodle.

I have a baja'd Beetle in the barn. With no fenders or rear hood, I can locate right off the back of the frame and produce pieces that will fit pretty much any Beetle. I can make a plywood form for one side that slips together like an egg crate, then dis-assembles so I can reverse it for the other side. Double tapered pieces and vacuum bagging.

But first there's a lot of serious thinking that needs to be done.

I'm hoping aerohead drops by at some point.

12-05-2012, 02:52 AM	#81 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,557 Thanks: 8,092 Thanked 8,882 Times in 7,329 Posts	If you leave redwood bender-board out in the rain it gets as limp as a noodle. I have a baja'd Beetle in the barn. With no fenders or rear hood, I can locate right off the back of the frame and produce pieces that will fit pretty much any Beetle. I can make a plywood form for one side that slips together like an egg crate, then dis-assembles so I can reverse it for the other side. Double tapered pieces and vacuum bagging. But first there's a lot of serious thinking that needs to be done. I'm hoping aerohead drops by at some point.