17-01-2021, 07:49 PM
Bill. Glad to see you are back on the Cup Model again.
With respect to the hood to windscreen seal, on dad’s Ulster rep I added a flap of around 1” to the underside of the wooden spar where the spar meets the windscreen. It can be a bit fiddly to push it in front of the windscreen, but it does do an excellent job of stopping the constant stream of water over the top of the windscreen.
That car was used quite a lot in the wet as it was predominantly used for trials.
I guess the same could be achieved with a rubber flap seal or even some foam rubber, but in this case it was a folded flap of everflex vinyl.
I didn’t do a very good job of the rear of the hood as I didn’t leave enough length to bring it down the side of the body. Some paper templates would probably have helped, but they don’t give an indication of how the fabric will stretch.
Good luck!
Peter
With respect to the hood to windscreen seal, on dad’s Ulster rep I added a flap of around 1” to the underside of the wooden spar where the spar meets the windscreen. It can be a bit fiddly to push it in front of the windscreen, but it does do an excellent job of stopping the constant stream of water over the top of the windscreen.
That car was used quite a lot in the wet as it was predominantly used for trials.
I guess the same could be achieved with a rubber flap seal or even some foam rubber, but in this case it was a folded flap of everflex vinyl.
I didn’t do a very good job of the rear of the hood as I didn’t leave enough length to bring it down the side of the body. Some paper templates would probably have helped, but they don’t give an indication of how the fabric will stretch.
Good luck!
Peter