Hi,
Anyone how knows if a scuttle and a nosecone from Caterham fits on a bookchassis?

EDIT: its a caterham NOT a Westfield

[Edited on 2/12/03 by kamikaze]

[Edited on 2/12/03 by kamikaze]

don't know the difference in dimensions, but there are wide and narrow body westfields. And they have that horrible fluting type bit down the side of the nose/bonnet/scuttle.

Ned.

Errr, Ned!
Read the question again!

Don't be too hard on Ned - the question changed from Westie to Cateringvan!

Anyroadup - I think the CH nose is lower in height than the Westie - everything about the CH tends to be smaller (space in the footwell, for example!).

DJ

i was gonna say, i'm sure it said westfield when i posted my reply...

obviously my answer made him change the question!

Ned.

Donīt be to hard on NED i changed it
So thats me who is stupid, not NED.

Most of the Locost noses out there for sale were moulded from Caterham noses, so they ought to fit a treat.

Not sure about scuttles.

Kind regards,
Darren

When I first started building my Locost I bought a nosecone that, I think, was a Caterham clone. There was no way it was going to fit without significant modification! It tapered across the width very rapidly after the chassis face, and generally wasn't a snug fit.

The one I have now was bought from Triton and is reasonably close to the Westfield pattern (not a clone, but similar in dimensions). It fits perfectly, and all I will have to do is rest it in place and build its mountings around it. Personally I would either buy a Locost-specific nose, or at least a Westie clone.

David

I managed to fit a genuine westy nose cone to mine, but not without some serious hacking about and even more head scratching
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If you fancy buying a nose, you can get one from me that will fit a book chassis nicely.

Details of them are on www.gtstuning.co.uk

Kind regards,
Darren

Darren - do you know if your nosecones, bonnets and scuttles fit a Stuart Taylor chassis?

Just interested...u2u me with info/prices please!!

Cheers,

Mark