MAX Car 108: Topping It Off With a Handmade Fiberglass Car Roof

Reader Contribution by Jack Mccornack

My friend Jim* has his MAX on the road now. He has around 500 miles on the clock so far, and wrote some comments on a homebuilt car forum we both subscribe to:

I topped off the tank got on the expressway and drove 55 miles an hour North for 80 miles to visit a friend.The friend drove the car for 10 miles or so & we noticed a storm coming from the east.
Dropped my friend off and drove the car home at 65 to 75 miles an hour to avoid most of the rain170 miles and put in 2.3 gal. OR 73.9 MPG or $0.05 per mile. Must finish the top.

Yeah, well, if you want to outrun storms in a MAX, your mileage is going to show it, so Jim needs to finish the top. Jim does aircraft fabrication for a living, he’s a skilled and talented craftsman, and it’s no shock that his car looks prettier than my car, and I expected his top to look nicer than mine too, but I wasn’t expecting to see this photo two days later…

…or this photo a day after that.

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