Dillmania

I will add an anchor point at the door handle today.  This summer I will get the frames adonized. 

On 12/22/2021 at 8:40 PM, Hkb82 said:

Can’t wait to see how the door build goes for ya. I’ll be starting the same thing in a few weeks. Been putting it off since last year. My only issue is adding a window that will open. Do you have any plans or thoughts on that??? 

Ok that took longer than hoped. I tried to cold bend the aluminum tube but kept breaking them as the mandrels were too small. I had a local welder weld out the frames. Here they are installed. 

I just finished installing the Inferno heater yesterday.  It went pretty well, minor hiccup with one of the gear clamps.  The heater is a very tight fit in the dash, but it is a clean looking install.  I took it out for a little test drive and the heater is functioning.  

For the doors I have rough cut the abrasion resistant lexan, I have seals and barrel fasteners on order and I have 3/4" square tube that I will make the frames out of.  I will get after it boxing day, I hope.

My thoughts for a window that opens is this, I make a fixed window set up first.  If it goes well then I will look to make a slider window that can let in more air.  My windshield can open so can always get air that way.  I plan to remove the windows from spring to fall as the cab would be a hot box when closed in.

Those uppers look alright, i definitely would have considered them had I seen them before I started to buy materials.  The AR poly carbonate sheet has arrived.  I will be getting into this the week of December 20th when I get some time away from my real job. 

Good luck with your doors and heater Big Daddy and more importantly I hope everything is OK on your end with the flooding.  Yikes!

OK, time will tell if this is a bad idea.  I am proceeding with building my own uppers for the can-am half doors to help close in the cab.  I have just build a template for the window and have ordered a sheet of Lexan MR-10 (abrasion resistant polycarbonate).  I will make the frames out of angle iron that will bolt to the half door frames.  I will post the build in the coming weeks once all materials are received and i have time to work on this.  Any advice would be appreciated.

On 10/5/2021 at 6:56 AM, Hkb82 said:

I also got the can and doors added tape to latch posts plus weather stripping to the parts that were bare around the door. No noise at all. Will be building uppers for them real soon. 

Hkb82 - have you made any headway on making uppers for your can-am half doors?  I am thinking about doing the same.  I was thinking something that can be removed easy for summer.