Bonnet And Scuttle

[Guest richlloyd]

whats the best tool to use to cut the bonnet a small dremmal drill with a cutting disc on it?

[Guest Battery Bill]

Rich

Normal angle grinder and a very thin 1mm cutting disk, scary at first but you soon get used to it

[Guest Ian & Carole]

2 inch masking tape with cut line marked on it.

 

New blade in a jig saw and take your time.

 

Ian J

[Guest chris brown]

I go with Bill. Angle grinder and thin blade

[Guest FIRSTBUILD]

I reckon it should tip forward !

[Guest racman]

I agree with Bill, peel off the plastic first.

 

Hinged forward i think is safest.

jeff

[Guest racman]

another

[Guest racman]

last one

[Guest richlloyd]

so whats teh best thing to do fix the bonnet to the nose cone then cut the scuttle or cut the scuttle first and fix it on after ? im a little baffled at how big the task is and im quite worried about cutting the scuttle may be a job a bring my dad on in

[Guest chris brown]

so whats teh best thing to do fix the bonnet to the nose cone then cut the scuttle or cut the scuttle first and fix it on after ?

Fasten the two halves of the bonnet together (not permanently) and tape it in place then tape the nosecone in place then you can decide where you want to cut the bonnet its so much easier to mark it out with all in place I used masking tape and a marker pen to get it where I wanted the cut it does take a little time as the angle changes as you go over the edge and down the side. If you cut it without fitting it first the chances are that the back corners of the bonnet will point backwards.

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

Ithink the problem rich is having is the engine...its a a little to high and if he lowers it he will have to re-do the 3" exaust

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

the exaust

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

engine

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

Rich you could higher your dash to clear the engine or fix an fillet strip ontop of the dash

http://www.joeybrown.co.uk/pages/bonnet.html

[Guest richlloyd]

hey mick

 

cheers for popping round its great to know there is some one so close. cant say my mom was so impressed with what she calls another bloody loud car. did you get the picks off ebay ive not seen those for ages i will try hosting some more monday when ive photoed the problem.