Help on Building a TailBox/Trunk

Try this link http://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/...g/fairings.htm
"stratrider" wrote in message
m...
I love the Angletech TailBox but it's way to much money for me. I
have a Blackburn Mtn Rack on my Stratus. I'd like to build a
weatherproof trunk/tailbox large enough to receive my day bag (as I
commute). I'd like to use a lightweight material and create a
finished product that doesn't look like a grammar school kid's first
attempt at building a kite! Any thoughts.

Jim Reilly

On 1 Sep 2003 11:30:51 -0700, (stratrider) wrote:

I love the Angletech TailBox but it's way to much money for me. I
have a Blackburn Mtn Rack on my Stratus. I'd like to build a
weatherproof trunk/tailbox large enough to receive my day bag (as I
commute). I'd like to use a lightweight material and create a
finished product that doesn't look like a grammar school kid's first
attempt at building a kite! Any thoughts.

Jim Reilly

You can do some pretty nice work with coroplast. This link below is
what I ended up with after I started stripping down my fully faired
P38. This tailbox is sturdy, has good capacity, and looks pretty
decent IMHO (although you might want to forgo the decal g). If you
go to my main page, you can see a view of the inside.

http://www.geocities.com/texasp38/p38fc.html


Dave Clary/Corpus Christi, Tx
EZ-1SC Pilot (Texas P-38 Squadron Retired)
Home: http://home.stx.rr.com/dclary
P-38 Stuff: http://www.geocities.com/TexasP38/TexasP38.html

On 1 Sep 2003 11:30:51 -0700, (stratrider) wrote:

I love the Angletech TailBox but it's way to much money for me. I
have a Blackburn Mtn Rack on my Stratus. I'd like to build a
weatherproof trunk/tailbox large enough to receive my day bag (as I
commute). I'd like to use a lightweight material and create a
finished product that doesn't look like a grammar school kid's first
attempt at building a kite! Any thoughts.

Jim Reilly

You can do some pretty nice work with coroplast. This link below is
what I ended up with after I started stripping down my fully faired
P38. This tailbox is sturdy, has good capacity, and looks pretty
decent IMHO (although you might want to forgo the decal g). If you
go to my main page, you can see a view of the inside.

http://www.geocities.com/texasp38/p38fc.html


Dave Clary/Corpus Christi, Tx
EZ-1SC Pilot (Texas P-38 Squadron Retired)
Home: http://home.stx.rr.com/dclary
P-38 Stuff: http://www.geocities.com/TexasP38/TexasP38.html

"Mike" wrote in message gy.com...
Try this link http://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/...g/fairings.htm



My instructions for building a Coroplast tailbox are at
http://home.pacifier.com/~jwills/tailbox/index.htm
and the results are at
http://home.pacifier.com/~jwills/tailbox2/index.html

I can build a Coroplast tailbox in about 4 hours. If you want to make
one fancier, it would probably take a little longer, but I can't see
more than 3 evenings worth of work.

Jeff

"Mike" wrote in message gy.com...
Try this link http://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/...g/fairings.htm



My instructions for building a Coroplast tailbox are at
http://home.pacifier.com/~jwills/tailbox/index.htm
and the results are at
http://home.pacifier.com/~jwills/tailbox2/index.html

I can build a Coroplast tailbox in about 4 hours. If you want to make
one fancier, it would probably take a little longer, but I can't see
more than 3 evenings worth of work.

Jeff

Nice work....

Nice work....

Make it out of cardboard and duct tape first, as a model.

"stratrider" wrote in message
m...
I love the Angletech TailBox but it's way to much money for me. I
have a Blackburn Mtn Rack on my Stratus. I'd like to build a
weatherproof trunk/tailbox large enough to receive my day bag (as I
commute). I'd like to use a lightweight material and create a
finished product that doesn't look like a grammar school kid's first
attempt at building a kite! Any thoughts.

Jim Reilly

Make it out of cardboard and duct tape first, as a model.

"stratrider" wrote in message
m...
I love the Angletech TailBox but it's way to much money for me. I
have a Blackburn Mtn Rack on my Stratus. I'd like to build a
weatherproof trunk/tailbox large enough to receive my day bag (as I
commute). I'd like to use a lightweight material and create a
finished product that doesn't look like a grammar school kid's first
attempt at building a kite! Any thoughts.

Jim Reilly