06-01-2019, 06:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-2019, 06:34 AM by Tony Press.)
(03-01-2019, 08:17 PM)jansens Wrote: I chopped 1/2 an inch out of my bonnet length to make the radiator surround perpendicular with the ground. Doesn't seem much but made a huge difference. The top of the surround was angled out slightly which just looked wrong. I also flushed (with hydrochloric acid) the radiator and made sure there were no leaks. I straightened any bent bits with thin needle nose pliers and I also cut the overflow pipe short so I can run a catch tank from it. Today it will all get a coat of paint. I cleaned and painted the radiator support brackets and made new back plates for them too since the old ones were pretty rusty.
Then I watched this, pretty old now but still good:
Some nice shots of Brooklands at about 17 minutes in.
Simon
What a brilliant collection of race films- and lovely to see Bill Boddy !
What an amazing development at Mercedes just before the war - a 2 litre car designed and built in 6 months.
Thank you for this Simon !
Tony P.