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Old 5th December 2012, 05:24 PM
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I've made quite a bit of progress since my last post, I've now sorted out the handbrake so it works (just need to cut the cable to length when I'm 100% happy with it...

I've finally got round to cutting bolts to length and fitting washers were there weren't before and trying to sort out other little niggles

I've now continued working on the transmission tunnel and have now completed the tunnel top, the driver side tunnel panel and the tunnel front top panel, I just need to make the passenger side panel and then it can all be bolted/riveted into place, then I will just need to make the bulkhead panel and both side panels and all the aluminium work will be complete. I am slowly getting better at dealing with the ali, some bits have got little niggles where I missed with the hammer or stupidly didnt put any wood on top when using a g-clamp but I can remake those panels in the future if it still bugs me.

My bonnet catches have also arrived now, £90 worth of lockable aerocatches, they look the business and hopefully they won't be too difficult to install, I have also ordered myself a Dremel 3000 to make cutting the holes a bit easier.



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Old 23rd December 2012, 12:58 PM
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I've been spending the majority of my time working on installing my bonnet catches, which do look good, but are a right pain to install , to get them roughly in the right place is easy but getting the bonnet to sit flush against the side panels is the biggest pain as you end up moving a bracket which then moves the pin position and then you need to alter the angle the pin sits at, I have got 2 finished on one side so the bonnet sits flush, and I have started on the other 2, hopefully these will go a bit quicker now I know what I'm doing, I then just need to buy some rubber edge trim/foam to sit on the bonnet edge/scuttle and nose cone mounting surfaces so that the bonnet sits flush with the top/sides of the scuttle and nose cone. I have to say though I have no idea how I managed to cope without a dremel....

I will try to get some pictures up later on today.
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Old 23rd December 2012, 03:12 PM
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Please post pic, as i'm going to fit the same catches over christmas hols.

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Old 23rd December 2012, 03:42 PM
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Terry,

Just need to wait for the sikaflex to dry and I'll put the bonnet back into place to take some pictures, I'll have some later on for you
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Terry,

Pictures as promised, I used the following pictures from someone's build on LocostBuilders:

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/view...php?tid=161450

However I ended up making the box section bracket as it didnt look to be possible to do it the same way he did due to the angle of the bonnet.







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Thanks Tatey, the pictures will be very handy.

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Those are really nice catches, where are they from? Anyway those catches wont keep the sides of the bonnet in line with the side panels, they are good for holding down but not locating. I saw an ali bonnet on a kit car that was held down with straps and the guy had put a couple of tapered pins in the top chassis rail looking up on each side. They passed through the bonnet return underneath purely for locating purposes ,all the straps had to do was hold the bonnet down , the tapered pins kept it in place.

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Edit. Something along the lines of this x4 but with a bit more taper. Screwed into a rivnut on the top rail would do the job
http://www.xionglian.chinafastener.c...05115119_X.jpg
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Old 23rd December 2012, 11:13 PM
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Terry, you are more than welcome.

Rob they are called AeroCatches, you can buy them from ebay and a few other places, but they cost £45 a pair so aren't cheap...They are the flush fitting and lockable variety, you can get non-locking flush and lockable/non-locking surface mounted so you just bolt them on instead of bonding them.

The way the brackets are set up allow for the lateral positioning of the bonnet as the bonnet is flush up against them so it stops them moving side to side and the brackets have slotted holes to allow them to be moved inboard to line the bonnet up correctly. I agree that if it was just the pins then this would be the case as you then have no adjustment.

1 thing I do have to mention though is be careful when you put the brackets on and fit the bonnet, the bottom flange of the bonnet needs a recess cutting in it which goes to the edge of the bonnet and my bonnet had an air bubble in it where the fibreglass hadnt been pushed into the gel coat, and when the bonnet was fitted the gel broke off (you can see this in the first picture, the front bracket), however as I am vinyl wrapping my bodywork it isnt an issue for me as I can easily sort it out with body filler, however if you have decent bodywork you need to be careful.
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My panals are not that good, they have a shed load of air pockets along the edges. So mine will be vinyl wrapped as well. Thanks for the warning tatey.

I got my catches from the exeter kit car show, can't remember what i paid for them, will have a look for the reciept.

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