yo!
You seek this type?
by Gacknar in his 86
it is da Kayline Tonneau Style - Kayline is now OUT-of-BUSINESS, STC (Specialty Top Company) purchased Kayline tooling & patterns & made the Tonneau style
but is also Out-of-Business
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Skyler Tonneau Style pics in an 84 - Skyler is now OUT-of-BUSINESS pics by my buddy, by justshootme84
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The tops may be available used on the net; some get fiarly good tops that way; ask for a lot of pics if you find one for sale.
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How about DIY:
Tonneau Fabrication & Installation in a 93 Source: by bradcarla624
Tonneau pics
Source: by ubermich at
http://webpages.charter.net/lrrouth/pics/softop/
Tonneau pics in an 82
Source: by flumP (Chris N) at
http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/5610/19020
Tonneau Fabrication & Installation pics in a 96
Source: by FNTZMA (Dead reckoning) at
http://www.supermotors.net/registry/19593/69545
This is a flat cover fot the cargo area
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or use info in following projects for the SNAP ideas, tools, processes used, etc. to make your own top.
Local boat or convertible top shops / www sites have what is needed in SS & fabrics
Also, the terminology may help you drill down for the tonneau search on the www
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Fast Back Fabrication & Installation pics in an 85
Source: by mashori (Bobby) at
http://www.supermotors.org/vehicles/registry/detail.php?id=10303&s=29235#content
So a little about the project:
1985 bronco with a decent amount of body damage but nothing too distorted.
Parts:
1. Wel-Bilt 1000 Denier Cordura Tarp 10x12 (www.northerntool.com) $45
2. Snap kit (got them from a boating website) $25
Tools:
1. handheld drill
2. drill bit and ***** bit
3. hammer
4. sharp, pointy ***** driver or a torx screwdriver ideally
5. lighter
Time:
this is a 9am-5pm project
Note that if you do it my way, you won't be able to put the hardtop back on because I'm pretty sure that it'll interfere with the snaps on the body. Too late for me I guess.
First you want to figure out where to mount the snaps. I mounted them on the rear fenders so that they are horizontal to the floor. Overall I'm pleased, but aesthetically it may have looked better if I mounted them so that they would be perpendicular to the floor. Blue is where I mounted and red is the other option.
Next, you have to determine where you want to mount the snaps on top of the cabin. I chose this location because it was the simplest. If you were to install the snaps closer (towards the front windshield), you will run into a problem with the raingutters above the doors since the cloth would have to run over them and that wouldn't make a tight enough seal. Also, wind will get under the cloth easier that way too.
Now figure out how many snaps you have. I only had 30 which I think wasn't enough. But it's easy to go back and add more later. 30 was enough to get the tarp on fairly tight and I'm in California afterall!
And pay attention to the angles, this is where you might need to install the snaps closer together to get a better fit. Alternatively, you can just install better rubber seals on all the metal parts the are exposed after you remove the hardtop.
forgot to take pics of installing the snaps. Pretty, easy though. First, mark the spots that you want the snaps installed using a regular pen. Then take the actual male snap and place it there to see if it would be practical. If it works, then use a drill bit just a hair smaller than the screws that came with your set and drill straight down. Go ahead and drill all your holes and come back and ***** in all your male snaps.
WARNING: if you tighten the screws too much you will either mess up the hole you drilled which will now need a bigger ***** or even worse, you will literally break through the male snap which I did one time.
The tarp that I got (by the way I know, the color sucks!) has those two lines running down it which was cool because I used them to guide my installation so it wouldn't look crooked. The lines are just where the cloth was stiched together. If you get a smaller cloth (which you can because I had way too much left over) you won't have the lines which might be good if you don't like the look.
So I lined up the cloth so that the lines would run down the sides of the truck like so (imagine the fabric all the way stretched out)
You want to start from the top of the cabin, right in the center and work from that one male snap that's already on the body. Fold the cloth over one time so that you have a double layer and line the cloth up over the male snap. (I'm showing the side of the truck here but it's the same principal).
Using the small torx screwdriver, place it on top of the male snap with the cloth inbetween it and start a gentle twisting motion which will tear the cloth just enough for the female snap to fit through
Optionally, you can poke a hole through the cloth using a torch to heat up the torx driver and then it'll go through oh so gently!
Here is a little trick now: take the torx and put it through the cloth and place the femal snap on the tip of it and push the whole thing through the hole you made.
Place the head of the female snap on top of the little white cylinder that comes with the kit and place the other part of the snap on top of the female snap, like so:
Take the little metal tool and using the ****** end place it onto the snap and hammer down gently.
Hammer gently at first and then slightly harder and check several times until you feel that both metal pieces are stuck together pretty well and it should look like this: (don't hammer too hard or the two pieces won't fit together nicely.
After you make the first femal snap on the cloth, place it onto the male snap on top of the cabin like I mentioned before. Now, start lining up the cloth across the whole top of the cabin and one by one punch the holes, take the cloth off, install the femal snaps, reinstall the cloth and continue until you have the whole top part done.
Now, stretch the cloth straight to the tailgate and since you already have the male snaps installed here, all you need to do is pull the cloth tight (not too tight, just enough to get some wrinkles and waves out) and again punch your holes. Start with the male snap in the center of the tailgate and work your way one snap at a time to the right and left of the center snap just like the roof of the cabin.
Keep folding the cloth over one time to get that double layer and tuck the extra back into the truck. This is what the inside will look like once you have all the snaps in place and the excess cloth is still hanging off (sorry to jump ahead!)
Here is how I did the rear angles. Obviously I didn't do a great job of installing the back. I should have invested in more snaps of course. And I think it would have looked better if I installed the snaps a little lower towards the ground (just a few inches). And yes I know, the tailgate is a different color because this poor bronco was owned by someone previously who didn't give a crap at all.
http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/255641/fullsize/Picture072_19Oct05.jpg
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How about the Bikini type?
Bikini Fabrication in a 95
Source: by wileec at Ford Bronco Zone Forums
http://broncozone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11674
Bikini Fabrication in a 95 (part 2), w/measurements, etc.
Source: by wileec at Ford Bronco Zone Forums
http://broncozone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11722
Bikini Fabrication in a 95 w/measurements, etc.
Source: by wileec at SuperMotors.net
http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/16964/59129
GL!
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