James
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| posted on 29/11/05 at 11:28 AM |
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Locost ali bonnet support on GTS nose cone
I've got the GTS nosecone fitted to a Locost with ali bonnet.
Because the nosecone is designed to fit the GTS bonnet it doesn't have a suitable return/flange on which to support the front of the bonnect.
All it has is a vertical (ish) return as can be seen in this picture from BKLOCO's car (thanks BKLOCO!).
 
Description Steering wheel
I need to fix something to this to support the bonnet and I'm after ideas of what to use. It needs to be something that can be
trimmed/fitted/bent to match the profile of the rear of the nose.
MDF springs to mind but will look crap. Guess MDF be sprayed? A nice ali billet would be lovely but too expensive. I guess I could use some ali
'L' section but that'll be hard to match to the profile of the rear of the nose.
Any hints or suggestions would be good.
Thanks,
James
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TimC
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| posted on 29/11/05 at 11:38 AM |
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Acrilic cut and shaped then glued/bolted to the vertical face of the nose cone - might look good - particularly in a transparent colour to match the
rest of the car??
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Danozeman
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| posted on 29/11/05 at 11:51 AM |
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Acrylic is a good idea and can be got in a variety of colours. Just heat it up and away you go.
Or a bit of ali strip bent to suit.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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Avoneer
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| posted on 29/11/05 at 01:04 PM |
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Piece of 6mm ply?
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BKLOCO
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| posted on 29/11/05 at 05:10 PM |
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Didn't you know that picture was copyrighted?
You now owe me £1,000000 royalties!
(got to pay for my megasquirt somehow.)
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!! 
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ned
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| posted on 29/11/05 at 08:33 PM |
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hehe i thought your bodywork was blue jim 
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Trev D
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| posted on 29/11/05 at 08:55 PM |
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Hi i would fold a piece of ali 25 mm by 25 mm if you don't have access to a shrinking machine you could cut slots in one edge to shape the L
section to fit your nose hope this will make sense. Regards, Trev
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