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Old 05-15-2019, 08:21 PM
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I got the rear window framed in and made some radiused gusset plates for the corners. Large radius on the upper corners and much smaller on the lowers.

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I'm using latches from a 67 - 69 Camaro. I like them because they mount along the side rails and pull out from the sides. They aren't real big so they tuck away mostly out of sight.
I made mounting brackets from some 1/8" T6 plate. They are kind of tricky to get in place. They fit in where the side roof rails meet the front roof frameI have some 1/8" shims holding the front roof frame section up off of the windshield frame to simulate the weatherstrip that will be between them but I should have the weather strips in to be sure of the height. There is some adjustment in the latch but....

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