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Great feeling when it starts! Those Marlin exhausts look pretty complex - no wonder they cost......

Robin

I was so bloody chuffed how this turned out tonight:

very, very nice

I've made some plates up to cover the off-centre holes I cut in the tub. Stainless Steel, polished up:




Cutting stainless sheet is a bitch. I managed to go through two jigsaw blades making these up.

Very Nice too. Soon as I've finished IVA farting about........

Haing fun with the Cabrio hood frame. Instructions saw for fitting the cant rail (.e. on the top of the windecreen) drill 2 7mm dia by 10 mm deep holes. Well the pegs that go into the hole are at least 8mm dia so thats a no-go.
Also the pegs are 25mm long. The instructions suggest that the hood and foam will be 6 mm thick, which means that with the depth of the holes the pegs should be 16 mm and not 25 mm.

So do I drill the hole deeper ot cut the pegs? Or both?

Dunno Chris - Peter has fitted a hood to his Sportster, so he'd be best placed to advise you.

I've updated my build blog - some of it you've seen already, but I've now wrapped the exhaust, and started on the bonnet hinge:

http://www.greatoldone.co.uk/Site/Build_Diary/Entries/2009/6/20_Exhausting_Work.html

Great progress, I see you are putting in lots of hours this summer with a concerted effort to get the car finished this year.
For drilling the s/s hinge invest in a couple of brand new quality titanium coated bits and get yourself a can of cutting oil and the job will be a lot easier.
On the subject of hoods, I think Chris needs to speak to Simon who successfully installed the hood on his Cabrio..........
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marlin_bmw_cabrio/sets/72157609854955136/

Oh, and don't forget GOO, get out there and do your rain dance for a brisk shower over Northampton this afternoon at 2pm. First 5 cars doing an off at the first bend should leave the field clear for another Jenson win

Already done the rain dance, considering I was woken up by the usual Silverstone helicopter traffic this morning.

Every year it's like something out of Apocalypse Now. All we need is a little 'Flight of the Valkyries' to complete the scene...

Funny that, we awoke to the sound of helicopters leaving Denham airfield........"we counted them all out.........."

And the prize for the most amount of bolts on a sportster bonnet goes to.... Me!





I measured up and started to drill the holes, and by the time I realised that I should be skipping a hinge, it was too late. So I will have 39 cap heads on each side... Looks like I'll be going back down to Anglian Fasteners for some more!

Holy bonnets, Batman !

Indeed.

I finished off that side tonight, and it looks pretty damn fab if I do say so myself. Even the gaffer tape bonnet catches!

Started on the other side tonight. I bought some cutting fluid today, and used it on the hacksaw - it's astonishing how much easier it is!

You want more bolts? I've got more bolts!



How many of them are there? 39 on each side - so 78 in total... overkill yes, but it looks cool. Just imagine them all polished along with the hinge against nice dark BRG paint.





I just wish Marlin would hurry up and send my bonnet catches - I don't think the masking tape does the car justice.

very nice

Damn!, I've only got 23 per side. I'll just have to fill the gaps in, that will take me to 55!

I'm using some rubber catches fro Car Builder Solutions. SVA compliant and all that.Bonnet catch

nice, you can never have too many bolts

Thanks Guys!

I could go and buy some bonnet catches, but I'm supposed to get some SVA friendly ones as part of the stage 3 kit from Marlin. And as I've paid for them, I'd really like Marlin to send me them!

I've been looking at the pics on Peter, Robin and Patricks websites regarding the cycle wings...

How far back should I mount these? Peter seems to have his front coach bolts about 10mm abouve the molded 'lip' of the wing. Patrick seemes to have the leading edge on his pre carbon fibre wings a bit further forward.

ALSO:

Has anyone had any contact with Marlin just recently? I've been trying to ring them all day, and the phone number on the website is continually engaged...

I thought they were on holiday at the mo?

Cycle wings, I mounted mine as far back they would go to try and protect from stone chips without going to far and failing SVA requirements for coverage.

The old ones look forwards in the pictures as I had the top wish bone on the wrong way around initially - oops

For the SVA you had to mount the front wings so that they were in line with, or in front of, the wheel rims.

I think it might have changed for the IVA - I seem to remember someone saying you have to cover the tyre as well - which means the wings would have to sit more or less horizontaly. (If you see what I mean) It will look ugly but they could always slide backwards after ;-)

When I was chasing a problem with my tonneaue (dosen't fit) Terry told me that they are away for two weeks. I think that means they are back next week. I am surprised that the 'phone is engaged though. Perhaps there are just too many messages...

Robin

I dunno if they're still away - the last time I tried to ring them the answer phone was on, giving a message saying they where away until the 11th...

Now it's just engaged all the time.

The email I had from Terry said that they were away until the 7th (of July)

Robin

You need to mount the front wings so that they cover the tyre at least 30 degrees forward from the vertical, measured from the centre of the wheel. And 50 degrees back, but that's not a problem. There's a nice pic of it in the IVA manual, p 224.
I sort of randomly guessed mine, and they are pretty close to 30 degrees from my rough measurements, I will find out in three weeks if they're not
Tim