As the title really, I want to make a cheapish roof for my locost. I am thinking about the surrey style roof from the windscreen to the roll bar (as per GBS zero). Has any one made one, what are the basic steps, when do you get the material from etc.

All advice welcomed.

Cheers,

B

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I hope GBS are paying Surrey Dave royalties on their Surrey Hoods!

Been thinking about going with some weathergear myself!

Do we think any of the hood kits GBS sell would fit an Indy? The Zero one perhaps?

Mike

Yes , Mr Guiness can you represent my global interests for a percentage!

can you not make a similar hard top one in the same style? Ie just a sheet of ally rolled to fit the curves of the windscreen and the roll bar then justa couple of clips

Maybe with the right curves to give strength, but the vinyl one can be rolled up and put under the boot cover.

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Originally posted by Surrey Dave
Maybe with the right curves to give strength, but the vinyl one can be rolled up and put under the boot cover.

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Hey Surry Dave,

Thats the exact thing i am on about, where did you get the material, did you sew it up on a normal sewing machine (this may be use for my mother in law )

Cheers,

B

The vinyl came from 'woolies' , I think it was heavier and for hoods so it does not stretch too much in the sun.

I have no industrial sewing machine , so all those soft bits on my car I cut and where possible glued with evostik so I could just take to a guy up the road who then only had to sew it.

If you have Westfield or Caterham screen another easier way would be to get hold of an old damaged hood ,and use the front piece for the top windscreen fitting and curve, mine could definitely have been better in this area.


I have to give my old man credit for the giant elastic idea, it looks a bit basic but its very quick and easy to attach and gives the hood panel a bit of tension.

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My old 7 type car had a mast groove rivited to the screen frame and the "surrey" roof had a bolt rope in it so just slid into the groove like a sail - totally water proof and easy to do. With side screens and a perspex screen bolted into the roll cage it was very snug and reasonbly waterproof even in heavy rain.

like this one

Yes I have a piece of perspex to fit in the roll over bar , but never got round to fitting it.

Idea blatantly nicked from Surrey Dave...but small hoop added to raise roof where my head is -


Roof

it's a bit floppy, hence the ally rain gutter riveted on.
It was all hand sewn by me with exterior thread and a leather type needle. I was so pleased with the result, I made some half doors too