Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 07:01 PM |
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aerocatches on viento
Fitted the first of the aerocatches to the bonnet today ( No Pins fitted yet so bonnet just resting )
Then made four brackets to hold the pins -Then ***ed up the brackets becasue I forgot that I had changed the drill bit last night from a 10mm to a
12mm ..
Oh well ...
 
 
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 07:04 PM |
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Brackets
brackets
 
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 07:10 PM |
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Nice interior light  what car did it come off 
Got any closer pictures of the catches?
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 07:15 PM |
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Will post some close ups on Monday
Must be getting old as I cant see the colours on the wires without extra lighting..
[Edited on 30/10/05 by Paul (Notts)]
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G.Man
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| posted on 7/11/05 at 08:23 AM |
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Nice Job Paul
If you don't mind I shall be copying that idea..
Opinions are like backsides..
Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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John Watts
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 11:36 AM |
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What happened to the close ups?
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wilkingj
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 02:36 PM |
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Close Ups please, and of the catches... and where you got them from, how much.. etc etc.
Havent done mine yet either.. looks good so far..
Forgot to say "Please"
Geoff
[Edited on 4/12/2005 by wilkingj]
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 04:18 PM |
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Final versions
Finall versions of brackets
* catches dont look square in photo but are in real life , must be lens on camera
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 04:19 PM |
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brackets
 
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 04:20 PM |
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Final version of brackets
[Edited on 4/12/05 by Paul (Notts)]
 
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 04:29 PM |
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They have taken 30 times longer to fit than side catches but I like the look of them and trust them more...
Cost - £ 35 a pair from donnington show..
Final brackets have been fitted with 5mm rivnuts to the chassie
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 05:18 PM |
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another
 
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 05:19 PM |
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side view
 
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 05:20 PM |
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last one
 
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wilkingj
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 06:07 PM |
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Paul...
Many thanks for the piccies.. It explains it all now..I like them.. dont like the price but they make a superb job, and look the B's
Knees..
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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tks
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| posted on 4/12/05 at 09:09 PM |
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yeah!
They look SuperB!
Can we buy them off ebay??
I like them very much!
an bit pricy but hey! they don't look atleast from the 60ties and every superb thing cost money..the hole car in fact does!
Where can i order them, and aren't there lockable versions of it?
Tks
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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Lennart
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| posted on 30/12/05 at 09:59 PM |
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Demon Tweeks do them.
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=PST120-2000
Non locking: 29,95 / locking: 33,55 exc vat for 1 pair.
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darrens
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| posted on 30/12/05 at 10:18 PM |
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they look sweet... might have to purchase some of them, looks like rally design also stock them, cheaper than demon tweeks
Darren
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Steve Lovelock
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 06:59 AM |
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Paul,
I have unashamedly copied you and bought a set of aerocatches for my Velocity. I was going to have a go at fitting them today and wanted to ask you
why you made the fixing brackets rather than drilling through the chassis tube and clamping the pin to that?
Steve
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:52 AM |
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http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=33425
was conerned about the strength issues by drilling through the top rails
take your time and get the position correct - my catches could have been better if i had fitted them 1 0r 2 cm lower as the back ones have to have the
pin at a slight angle now due to the slope of the bonnet
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 08:55 AM |
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I fitted the brackets with two m5 rivnuts which allowed me to slide the brackects backwards or forwards by 2mm to get perfect fit
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Steve Lovelock
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| posted on 2/3/06 at 08:57 PM |
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Paul,
The thread attached earlier put me off drilling all the way through the chassis rail so I bought a section of 20mm aluminium square tube from B&Q
for a few quid and used it in a similar way as you did. It worked really well because the lower nut fitted perfectly into the tube which made
adjustment very manageable. You can just see one of the brackets to the left of the throttle pedal.
 
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 2/3/06 at 09:12 PM |
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looking good..
You may need to play around with the angle the pin ends up at..I ended up using some rubber tap washers cut at 5 deg. ( proto type) one on top and one
inside the bracket to get the pin sloping inwards on the rear catches. The front ones were perfect straight up..
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Steve Lovelock
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| posted on 3/3/06 at 09:55 AM |
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You have more finesse than me, I too had to adjust the angle, I used a hammer!
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Dave Bailey
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| posted on 17/12/07 at 09:13 PM |
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I tell you what we get ripped off in this country.. I have just been working in Thailand and was wondering around aimlessly at the weekend and
stumbled over a Honda tuning shop. They sell the aero catches (not lockable) for £10 a pair and the lockable ones for £18 a pair... The non lockable
ones are from Japan and the lockable ones are from the US.....
You can even pick the colour of the pins..normal ally, red or blue!
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