kamikaze
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 10:57 AM |
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Caterham nosecone?
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]
"Bones heal and chicks dig scars. Pain is temporary,but glory is forever."
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ned
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 11:04 AM |
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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.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Spyderman
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 12:05 PM |
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Errr, Ned!
Read the question again!
Spyderman
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 12:32 PM |
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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
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ned
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 12:41 PM |
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i was gonna say, i'm sure it said westfield when i posted my reply...
obviously my answer made him change the question!
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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kamikaze
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 01:24 PM |
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Don´t be to hard on NED i changed it
So thats me who is stupid, not NED.
"Bones heal and chicks dig scars. Pain is temporary,but glory is forever."
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dozracing
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 02:25 PM |
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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
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 02:39 PM |
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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
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 2/12/03 at 08:16 PM |
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I managed to fit a genuine westy nose cone to mine, but not without some serious hacking about and even more head scratching
 
Rescued attachment WestyFront.jpg
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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dozracing
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| posted on 5/12/03 at 01:31 PM |
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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
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Mark H
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| posted on 5/12/03 at 01:54 PM |
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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
Mark Harrison and
Q986 KCP back from the dead...
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