Shadeladie, I am trying to build a custom cover for my 1963 Cushman Golf Cart. You can view this cart at Worldgolfcars.com , Cushman, Page 7 (this one has a white cover on a dark green body. It will cost a 1000 dollars to have one custom made for me, so I have to do it myself. I have built the frame out of conduit, and it is basically a 43.5" wide box that is about 5' high bolted to my cart at 4 corners. I am thinking that I can make this cover completely out of a tough clear plastic, fit it over the top of the canopy frame, and sew 4 heavy duty zippers into the corners where I cut the plastic into flaps to enter and exit the car. I need to know how to figure out how to specify what thickness of plastic I could buy online that would support sewing those zippers into to it, If I can use a home grade singer sewing machine to sew them in, and what to put on the edges of the plastic that wont have zippers on them. these zippers should be the type that have handles on both sides of them for entering the cart from the outside and zipping them up from the inside. Im guessing I will need a heavy duty thread, (carpet thread?) My neighbor says I can do it, that I SHOULD do it, but if you tell me I am over my head I will be getting rained on thru my current frame lol Your advice is always first class!
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What should I do? I don't mind big ugly patches. Apparently the leather on these was defective and it happened to virtually all of this model - it's less than 10 years old. I got it very cheap. I'm willing to spend up to $100, but I'm not experienced with this type of thing.
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