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Originally Posted by freebeard
I thought the separate panel in front is a glass windshield, while the rest is 'roof'. It look more viable than the bubbletops Barris, Cushenberry and Starbird made.
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Okay. Sorry. Now I see what the initial intent was.
I'd still recommend sucking it into a mold. Without it, I don't see how you could have any control over the shape.
Even skylight blisters are clamped into a frame, exactly like what they'll ultimately be mounted to, when they're blown from below.
And they're 'inflation-valve' is only enabled by an infrared beam which is severed as the plastic reaches it's desire height.
I've been to George Barris's studio on a field trip to San Fernando. All his plex was tool-formed.