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Builder Interview: “Loophole” on the Akers-Barnes Cockpit

PitBuilderMag.com is proud to have the opportunity to speak with Michael “Loophole” Barnes, co-designer of the now famous Akers-Barnes Portable Cockpit (or “ABC”) which is, if our research is correct, having its 10^th anniversary this year.  For the uninitiated, the ABC design is built from flat plywood or MDF, and slots together to form a highly flexible home cockpit platform.  It's a fitting first interview for PBM, as the ABC is often the first thing built when starting a new cockpit project.  On with the interview.

Some early ABCs, around the start of the century