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I want hinges, but have played around with the old bonnet hinges and dont think they will work. I may try the boot hinges or look around the scrappy for ideas. Maybe cantilever like on early escorts?
Like mist people time is short now, and it will be Jan before I refocus on it.
I did go Christmas shopping today, and came back with a nice 3M longboard and the paint!!!
Still can't make up my mind over top coat. Favorite so far is the lime green, or a dark metallic silver....sort of graphite colour. However I have never sprayed metallics, so it might be a disastrous choice!
Any colour suggestions anyone?
James Bond 'DB5' silver would look great on the car. Understated and classy.
If you want a solid colour some of the early MG / Morris colours would suit - not sure of the codes but there is a nice pale yellow and a light blue that look good.
Lime green - really???? Wrong colour for the period look of the car I think.
I want hinges, but have played around with the old bonnet hinges and dont think they will work. I may try the boot hinges or look around the scrappy for ideas. Maybe cantilever like on early escorts?
Like mist people time is short now, and it will be Jan before I refocus on it.
I did go Christmas shopping today, and came back with a nice 3M longboard and the paint!!!
I have lots of hinges from the scrappy. None seem to work/fit look right. If you work it out let me know please its doing my head in.. I hate lifting the bonnet on and off, when its painted it will be scatched and bumped every time!out:
Had a go a the bonnet hinges this eve. Ended up using the boot hinges, removing all the bits and just leaving the main arm. Made a bracket out of 3/4 by 3/4" angle, and bolted it to the body using two existing holes, one of which has a captive nut underneath.
I think it will work, as the pivot point is forward of the bonnet front. However I have yet to try it as my bonnet inner moulding is still in the garden! I needed to trim the inner flange to get clearance. It will need a packer on top. I may glass a steel plate onto the bonnet and weld on a couple of lengths of studding, the the bonnet can be adjusted up or down without shims.
James Bond 'DB5' silver would look great on the car. Understated and classy.
If you want a solid colour some of the early MG / Morris colours would suit - not sure of the codes but there is a nice pale yellow and a light blue that look good.
Lime green - really???? Wrong colour for the period look of the car I think.
Rich
That was my initial thought too, a nice silver,, but I think yellow would scream KIT CAR!!.
The only problem with silver or any metalic is my ability to apply it.
Maybe pale yellow would be okay.
Blue does not really appeal to me, although I do have some blue in the interior, I will have to live with it for now.
As for lime green....possible the most famous 250GTO ,Stirling Moss' car which sold this year for 22.5 MILLION...
Ahhh..... I see what you mean about the green. (I was thinking ford focus ST bright green !!) . Similar hues in grey, blue or pale lemon would give a good period feel too..
Nick, it looks like youre really moving it along, I love that youre not doing a Ferrari copy but have the same concept as I have of just recreating a 60's LM. Cant wait to get started on mine and the donor should be mine in the next 3-4 weeks. Where abouts are you located mate?
Hi Hammy. Thanks for your encouragement Christmas has slowed things up a bit..but raring to get back to the front section. Should be on it by the 30th. I am in Emsworth, PO10.
Nick, it looks like youre really moving it along, I love that youre not doing a Ferrari copy but have the same concept as I have of just recreating a 60's LM. Cant wait to get started on mine and the donor should be mine in the next 3-4 weeks. Where abouts are you located mate?
Whilst I am sure this could be done in CAD in an instant it took a bit of old fashioned trial and error.
This should lift the bonnet front up and over the rad filler and up to about 50°.
I plan to use the existing studs that bolted the raising light mechanism. make a simple plinth from angle about 5" high to mount the hinge on.
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Hey Nick
Told you the hinges were doing my head in. I found a couple of scissors on the bonnet of something Red ( cant remember what car) and have messed about pics show the deal. The hinges drop low enough below horizontal to raise vertically at first then out > fitte some ply and they look ok. Save making some up>
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[SIZE="3"]Thanks Peeps i, however I made these up this afternoon.....they bolt onto the old headlight mounts where there are two 8mm studs. They lift the bonnet right up and well clear of the front edge of the body. They need a bit more drilling for weight loss, but they work well, and rake the bonnet to approx 60 degrees. With a bit of tweaking they should go to 80 degrees.[/SIZE]l[IMG][/IMG]
The end that is cut at an angle will have s plate welded to it to mount to the inner bonnet molding. I will have to put some extra bumps in to do this, but will probably use some of the inner molding I have cut out just repositioned. I have had to cut a lot away to get clearance for my sporty bits!
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And thats open!
So thats about 20 hrs of thought and versions mk1 to4, and two hours to make the final thing!"
That's all until next week as I am I/C children this w/e.
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Christmas has slowed things up a bit..but raring to get back to the front section. Should be on it by the 30th. I am in Emsworth, PO10. 
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