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Fab4Fan
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john7
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john7
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| werksberg wrote: |
Just use proper plastic wax to protect the plastic deck lid.
There used to be a guy making them in Mexico and a guy used to sell all clear plexiglass ones at J-bugs / Calif. Pacific interiors, but that was many years back. No '67 year but I think they were '68 - '79 type.
You could see the bondo repair in the master in the finish part.
I had thought of doing them like the above technique with using a metal OEM deck lid, cutting out a section and then using Polycarbonate sheeting and cal look rubber to mount it...but I have far too many other better products to work on these days. |
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: clear Decklid? |
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| Any body ever hear about or seen a clear transparent decklid? |
Yes, from the Department of Redundency Department.
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rtooker
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:16 am Post subject: Re: clear Decklid? |
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Looking for someone in the NJ area to fabricate a clear engine lid for my 74 VW.
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finster
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:17 am Post subject: Re: clear Decklid? |
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I think we need to see a side view of that 74 vw 
it seems to be mostly a single curvature so I would have thought some acrylic sheet and a heat gun would do the job...
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2type2
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:23 am Post subject: Re: clear Decklid? |
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If you really gotta......
I once made pillars for an antique juke box by heating plexiglass sheet in a home oven. Pull it when it's pliable and press to your form, trim later. I suppose you could take the light off the decklid , patch any holes with aluminum duct tape, then place the hot plastic down and smooth out with leather gloves. Also recommend polycarbonate over other plastics.
I would have to see the finished product to approve the effort expended to achieve this look,but that's how I would proceed. Good luck.
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Mike Fisher
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Hacksaw-BoB
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: clear Decklid? |
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As mentioned earlier . . . . I have always been partial to those VWs,
especially the Cabrio's with the clear engine deck lid 
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calvinater
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: clear Decklid? |
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Looking for someone in the NJ area to fabricate a clear engine lid for my 74 VW.
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what model VW is that?
If you fabbed that, you can fab a decklid.
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