04-06-2019, 03:26 PM
Hi Hedd
This cowl is from an early 3-piece Chummy bonnet
I believe , as it has small tabs on the sides, I’ve been told.
It was steel, but now there’s more copper than steel, plus its heavy nickel coating.
It’s now twice the weight of the original!
I’ve made one cross piece behind the core to link the headlamps
and am currently making wedge spacers to get
The headlamps to point forward, instead of being cross eyed!
I’ll make a second cross piece once the radiator and it’s cowl
are fitted to the ends of the flitch plates. I’m not sure if
this lower strap links the flitches and /or the cow horns?
The lower strap is not too clear from the photo of the Fred Dash engine compartment
on Ruairidh’s GE Register pages.
The headlamps are going to have a large pressed escutcheon to spread the load on the outer side of the shell and spread on the inside by the strengthening strap, plus the wedged washers .
It will need some care as I don’t want to stress or bend the plated shell by straps
the wrong length.
My flitches are made in alloy so I might make a custom strap that bolts
both the flitches and the hefty cow horns.
Will post a photo of what I end up doing.
Hope this encourages you to get going on your Cup!
Regards
Bill G
This cowl is from an early 3-piece Chummy bonnet
I believe , as it has small tabs on the sides, I’ve been told.
It was steel, but now there’s more copper than steel, plus its heavy nickel coating.
It’s now twice the weight of the original!
I’ve made one cross piece behind the core to link the headlamps
and am currently making wedge spacers to get
The headlamps to point forward, instead of being cross eyed!
I’ll make a second cross piece once the radiator and it’s cowl
are fitted to the ends of the flitch plates. I’m not sure if
this lower strap links the flitches and /or the cow horns?
The lower strap is not too clear from the photo of the Fred Dash engine compartment
on Ruairidh’s GE Register pages.
The headlamps are going to have a large pressed escutcheon to spread the load on the outer side of the shell and spread on the inside by the strengthening strap, plus the wedged washers .
It will need some care as I don’t want to stress or bend the plated shell by straps
the wrong length.
My flitches are made in alloy so I might make a custom strap that bolts
both the flitches and the hefty cow horns.
Will post a photo of what I end up doing.
Hope this encourages you to get going on your Cup!
Regards
Bill G
Based near the Scottish Border,