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Custom Aluminum Replacement Roof Vent for Our 62 Flying Cloud

Posted 02-24-2009 at 07:32 PM by FLYNCLD
We just finished installing a new custom made roof vent to replace the original fiberglass vent which was in very poor shape. We were not able to find anything that looked close to the original, and look way cool as well, so we fabricated this one. As there were several holes in the roof where the PO's had moved vents around at one time or another, we made the base plate large enough to cover all the various holes that had been cut in the roof over the years. Many hours and many rivets later the results are quite pleasing!
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    gail's Avatar
    Wow looks great! You could start a small business so handy and great looking!
    Posted 02-26-2009 at 09:05 PM by gail gail is online now
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    FLYNCLD's Avatar

    Thanks!

    Rather proud of it ourselves!
    Posted 02-26-2009 at 09:31 PM by FLYNCLD FLYNCLD is offline
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    JDL's Avatar
    Very nice
    Posted 02-26-2009 at 11:46 PM by JDL JDL is offline
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    dreadydreame's Avatar
    awesome!
    Posted 03-01-2009 at 03:19 PM by dreadydreame dreadydreame is offline
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    Looks fantastic! Good job!
    Posted 06-20-2009 at 12:28 PM by 76sovereign 76sovereign is offline
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    Flyncld - Any progress or thought given to making a few of those vents for those of us who are way too challenged to take on such a project? I sure like what you've done, and would need 2 of them!!
    Thanks - Jim
    Posted 10-10-2009 at 05:05 PM by whitsend whitsend is offline
 

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