December 2, 2006 - Canopy Frame

I took advantage of a group buy in the Vans Air Force forums and ordered a pair of 5-point Hooker Harness seatbelts.  Got a nice price on them.  I ended up getting silver grey interior with dark grey trim -- exactly the same thing we have in the Citabria. 
Back to work.  I fashioned some little shims to go under the splice-plate between the forward canopy frame and side weldment.  It wasn't hard, just took some elbow grease with the Vixen file.  The drawings include dimension for the shim but I ended up just using some scrap. 
I inserted the shims and drilled the bottom flange of the forward canopy frame, side weldment, shim and splice-plate.  You can the shim if you look carefully. 
I countersunk all the holes. 
I clamped everything back in place for one final fit check. 
 
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