I agree closed, can't say it inspires me either ..I just don't get it what the heck fun is a car you have get on your knees and pray before you can get in it unless the only reason for the build is have have people stare at you..not my thing
-- Edited by fatchuk on Thursday 27th of December 2012 01:03:52 PM
-- Edited by fatchuk on Thursday 27th of December 2012 01:04:43 PM
I'd leave it open to show the detail of work. A lid can be applied anytime with minimal effort. No different from driving around without a hood,,,you are not putting a hood on the car??
-- Edited by Jazz on Thursday 27th of December 2012 01:38:09 PM
Of the 2, I prefer the solid cover. I think the Spider Web has run it's course....even I could do that!?! Try something new and innovative! Lightening bolts, Butter flies (my daughters suggestions), Hammers, Nuts and Bolts, Those curvy ladies on the truckers mud flaps, A bunch of fists giving the finger,????
Love the build but I think closed is the way to go. OCC kinda came up with and slayed the whole spider web design. Became wayy to popular and its kinda lost its orriginality but nice build so far
on or off ? well since i m french my ideas are sure different if you leave it on you can always add air brush spyder paint cause it look ugly on with nothing on the lid if you leave it off it hard to tell what your final idea will be everything one color or lot of chrome or ? so for me ( on it covers way to much and off it show too much ).........so i m in the middle but me i would go with a short mini truck bed just to be different lolllllllll
but me i never build anything so ....so anything you do is way better than what i could do
Definatly closed,but working unless you really love it. The spider ,tools ,skull thing is over, unless you are building an art car which is a whole different story.If you are going for a so called traditional look, that wouldn't be it I have never seen an old rod with spiders all over it ,even the 60s show rods didn't have tools welded to them.If this is your idea of what you want then I say have at it its your car and what others think doesn't matter a hoot,but you did ask. Ed
I was going to say add color match plexi to match your paint, like pint and pound suggested.
But I would put plex under your web. let the web pop. and then people would need to strain to look thru the plexi at the suspention which will be cool also.
I figure it's going to look pretty awesome in there when you finish. You already have some amazing hardware in there. Showing it is a great idea since its a viwpoint people don't normally see. A Maltese cross would be another design option to appease the spider haters
It will go way faster with the open concept lid (less drag/ weight). But then again, you may loose the required down force on the rear axle for those high speed runs! lol
Would b cool to see the craftsmanship while in transit.
-- Edited by Slammed 35 on Friday 28th of December 2012 05:39:23 PM
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"Plexiglass is interesting but would be very hard to get a compound curve need to follow the trunk lines
( trunk bows left to right and top to bottom)"
Glenn, Take your existing lid and appropriate size plexi to the pizza shop and when they go home at 3 am get the lid with the plexi on top into that nice hot oven and watch it conform to the steel lid. I can just see you standing on the urinal at local pizza palace with the trunk lid and plexi glass in tow!! lol
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Definately closed,but working unless you really love it.
The spider ,tools ,skull thing is over, unless you are building an art car which is a whole different story.
If you are going for a so called traditional look, that wouldn't be it I have never seen an old rod with spiders all over it ,even the 60s show rods didn't have tools welded to them.If this is your idea of what you want then I say have at it its your car and what others think doesn't matter a hoot,but you did ask. Ed
Make it different! spiders and Maltese Cross are..........
as different as a motorcyclist,
who buys a Black Harley, black boots, black Helmet, black gloves, black shirt, black vest, grows a flowing beard or pony tail
BECAUSE he wants to be different... ya right!! lol
What about a closed trunk with the graphics painted/air brushed on?
wowsers! you got some serious talent going on there. couldn't imagine what it would look like if i tried. definitely nowhere that nice. how about closed with the web layed on it. contrast the paint from mild to extreme, your choice. i am thinking of the road noise and rear end noise when i say closed. closed also is more traditional with the web on it shows your wild side.
What about just looking about in an recycler yard I would bet you may just find some vechicle that a nice small rear window, from some sort of vechicle that just might work..or some neat older vechicle or a VW rear window..just start looking at some older stuff goodness knows how many vechicles I have chopped over the years with cool neat old rear windows..just a thought..
Set the plexi on your full decklid set the heat lamp over it and let the plexi relax to shape. I have two 4 tube heat lamps to cure paint and set powdercoat.
I can get it up over 450 decrees.
A friend years ago bent plexi for his sons gullwing "A" to put windows in the roof. I dont have photo of it then,
couldn't resist that..
just wondering
Closed,but make it openable to show the 'web' and your handy work!
and "surprise us" 
