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One of the things I feared before starting my Rough Rider restoration, was to find a way to fix the roof. My roof had both lower lugs broken, so something had to be done.

 

This is my starting point, a nice roof, but the two lugs in front have broken off.

One solution would be to glue new lugs on, but I feared that would not be durable enough.

So I started looking for an alternative way, and opted for a way of clamping the roof into place, using the original screw holes in the body.

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After some searching I found that the standard resistor covers was just what I needed. It has a 2mm threaded hole, and the right shape.

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On this picture I have marked where I cut, using the Dremel.

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And this is what I had after cutting and some bending and grinding. I had to extend the longest section to give room for the roof pillars, but that was easily done with a pair of pliers.

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Her the bracket is test fitted, with a screw through the standard hole in the body, through the threaded hole in the bracket.

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And after completing the body, and painting the bracket flat black, it looks nice enough for me :-)

The finished Rough Rider can be seen HERE

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Fast Forward to today (the above work was done "some" years ago), and the easiest solution is to buy a re-release Buggy Champ roof... But, then you will not have something truely original. ;-)

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