I just came across a package of small copper straps for nailing up plumbing
pipe to floor joists "U" shaped with a flange and a hole on each end. Just
the thing for attaching something flat to a tube... like a piece of
plexiglas to a tonneau bar.
The guy at my local hardware store always hates to see me come in because
I'm always looking for something that hasn't been made yet. or trying to use
something for a purpose it was never designed to do...
Eric K
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>From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
>To: "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>, "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Wind protection was RE: Visors
>Date: Sat, Apr 3, 1999, 9:40 PM
>
>Hey Dan, that's even slicker! Or just designing it with built-in brackets
>to drop into the slots (replacing the tonneau bar), since you couldn't
>really have the tonneau cover on at the same time, anyway. I'm thinking
>of taking a stab at it this summer, if no other crises intervene. Keep us
>posted on any further brainstorms.
>
>
>Dan Ray had this to say:
>
>>My idea involved rigging it to a tonneaux bar -- the bar that fits into the
>>slots on the side and runs directly behind the seats. Although I suppose
>>vertical rails on the sides would be needed for structural strength. This
>>way, the whole thing could just be removed by sliding out of those slots.
>>But, hey...I ain't no engineer! ;)
>>Seems it's not as original an idea as I thought, although I see no reason
>>why one would want to pay over $200 for such a thing when you can create
>>one!
>>
>>Dan
>>73 B
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