Humbug
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 10:07 AM |
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New boot cover
My old boot cover lasted about 4 years: plywood covered in a fairly thin vinyl. I have never been that pleased with it because:
- the thin vinyl meant that rivets fixing the hinges showed through
- the cut out for the ful filler looked a bit crap - the edges were not neat
- the boot lid flexed at the sides making it lift slightly
- the fill-in pieces by the rear stays kept coming off
Also recently the vinyl covering the hinge join (deliberately covering to avoid water ingress) had started to crack.
So, Bank Holiday weekend I decided to make a new one:
- plywood pieces as before, but in a different layout with the fuel filler on top and avoiding the tiny infill pieces
- piano hinge instead of the record turntable hinges I had before (!), for more even bend.
- hinges supported by battens glued and screwed onto the lid (hardwood runners off the inside of a chest of drawers!)
- additional batten across the underside of the lid for further strength
- to cover it I used material from an old tonneau cover that andybarbet gave me (thanks Andy). I had to join a couple of pieces but that wasn't
an issue.
I think the new lid looks a lot neater and hopefully the tonneau material should be a bit stronger and longer lasting than the old stuff.
 
Rescued attachment 2010-05-16 Boot cover fitted.JPG
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RichardK
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 10:14 AM |
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Nice job mate, I'm amazed at how much space you have in there, I must only have half of that!
Nice one
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 10:45 AM |
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Looking good, glad the tonneau did the trick, that is really heavy vinyl so should last years more
Give a man a fish & it will feed him for a day, give him a fishing rod & you've saved a fish.
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Humbug
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 02:41 PM |
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Yeah, thanks Andy. After fixing up the half hood bits that I initially got it for I tried to make a tonneau but it was beyond my skills, and I
didn't want to waste the nice vinyl. The boot cover was due for a refurb anyway
Cheers
Simon
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Humbug
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 02:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
Nice job mate, I'm amazed at how much space you have in there, I must only have half of that!
Nice one
Rich
Thanks. I measured up carefully to use almost the maximum space: the boot box fits slightly above the fuel tank, then drops down to a point above
where the live diff would come to on full bump, and I've even got a small "sump" between the fuel tank and the diff that I put a few
occasionally-needed things like tyre puncture spray and stuff.
Simon
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