Modular storm shutter system

A modular storm shutter system comprising:

• an opposed pair of sliding panels, each panel comprising a metal face panel bordered by a plurality of frame elements including an upper frame element comprising an inverted U-shape having a downward hanger blade portion and a plastic blade cap received along at least a portion of the length of the hanger blade portion, and a lower frame element comprising a downwardly extending bottom hanger blade and plastic blade cap received along at least a portion of the length of the bottom hanger blade,
• an upper track comprising an elongated body portion and a depending J-shaped hanger channel wherein the J-channel forms a forward facing generally square hanger channel for receiving the blade caps of the upper frame elements;
• and
• a lower track comprising an elongated roughly W-shaped channel for receiving the plastic blade caps of the lower frame elements.

A storm shutter panel comprising:

• a face panel bordered by upper and lower and left and right frame elements,
• each of said left and right frame elements including a forward face portion and a rearwardly extending sidewall portion,
• the upper frame element comprising an inverted U-shape including a forward face portion, a rearward sidewall portion, a downward hanger blade portion and a plastic blade cap received along at least a portion of the length of the hanger blade portion,
• the lower frame element comprising a planar face portion, a downwardly extending bottom hanger blade and plastic blade cap received along at least a portion of the length of the bottom hanger blade.