so , I believe this is the VERY newest NEW Trekker canopy in the world

and out of the mold ..







trimmed and washed










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Very nice work!

 

Dang that is nice man. Keep it up

 

thanks guys .. slowly but surely !!



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This is such an amazing project. Almost finished! I'll take a canopy for my '75. ha

 

its a work of art!! cant wait to see it on the truck

 

thanks guys ..

not much happening on the Trekker right now .. I have been focusing on other things ..

but rest assured .. there is Progress and I still WILL have it "driving" this year ..

headliner "pad" is done and ready . I still have to mount the topper/canopy , and build a "transition cover" between the headliner on the cab and on the canopy .



Canopy progress is on going .. and hope to have it done this week ..

blocking the gelcoat , and prepping it for paint




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so got the roof all prepped and ready for some color ..

I decided to "set" it in place to see what it will look like .. I'm happy .. I still have to perminantally mount it so some of the gaps are not correct , remember , it's just sitting there












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so .. not been able to do much ... but getting a little bit done ..

I started cleaning up the inner alum. trim plates , stripped the powder coat and got one into zinc ..
I still want to paint them "satin black" (same black as the rest) .. but heres what I got so far ..



also making a new "transition" moulding for the cab and roof seam .. the old cardboard is just not usable again :-/ .. so with some carefull measurements , I trimmed up a 2X4 , to use as a mould , rounded the edges .. and made a fiberglass piece



fitting it is next on the list ..



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installed the headliner "backing plate" today .. and "prepped" for the cab/canopy transition ..
I used the original Trekker "cab rienforcement" roof piece .. as a "transition" for the canopy/cab fabric headliner


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Ugh! That is a nice roof! probably looks better then it did from the factory.

 

thanks .. it absolutly is better , IMO , .. originally , they used wood in the " strength" areas .. I use ISO resin instead of GP resin + Kevlar , and woven materials . It's stronger and should last much longer then the original


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worked a bit on the Trekker today ..

got the "transition" headliner piece , cut and fit ..





glassed it up , and
should be cured for tomorrow ..


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well again , I am waiting for the uhplostery guy to do the headliner .. he was supose to be here the previous week , but did not show up , then he finally showed up last week to take measurements , to order the material ..
so I guess because of the snow storm back east , he didnt get it , and it's supose to be here this comming week .. I hope so ..

so I have just been "tying" up some loose ends ..

got the other canopy strip , stripped and both of them painted







also finished up the tail lamps ..

Ordered new lenses , because the old ones were ... well old and 1 was broken ..



The Mojave Chrome lamps i'm using have the back-up lamp chrome surround and the new lenses just have the black ones .. So I proceeded to drill out the mount stems and remove the black surrounds as well as the chrome ones



removing the chrome ones I noticed there were both marked R .. huh !!



and got the pieces swaped



and tail lamps installed





just got to get the canopy on now !!


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Seriously, very high quality build. Your attention to detail is outstanding. Can't wait to see it finished up.

 

Man its coming along nicely. So when is this thing going to be done?

 

thanks .. just waiting on the uhpolstery guy , ( again ) to get the topper done , then I can send it ALL in for paint .. then final assembly


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so good news ...
my headliner material is in .. Talked to my uhplstery guy and It looks like a sunday install

I had to "level" the roof strips and install a couple of "tack strips" .

Because the headliner wont be 1 piece and will have to be sewn ,
We decided to follow the body line , to give it a "subtle" custom look .. also I added a rear dome lamp mount ..





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well .. sunday has come and gone ..
another bust on the interior .



started off all well and fine ..

trimmed out the centersection , cut and fit , and Tony took it back to his shop for some sewing ...

well I guess his sewing machine took a turn for the worst , and decided not to work . Broke all of his needles , so I guess he has to order some parts and fix his machine :'( ..

one day I might get this done !!


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its coming a long great. hope you get the headliner in this week. i want to c it in