14-07-2020, 02:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 14-07-2020, 02:12 PM by john williams.
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A couple of weeks ago, I started to replace the bonnet rest rubber, and fit the correct headlamps to my Nippy. The car was fitted with a canvas strip as the bonnet rest on the bulk head and radiator shell. The bonnet was a poor fit, resulting in chipped paint on the bonnet edge and bulk head. As usual, what started as a small job has grown into major works.
As I could not get the radiator shell to move to improve the radiator- bonnet fit, I removed the radiator to check the attachment holes would allow adjustment movement. I found that the rear edge of the radiator shell was resting on and abutting the front nose piece of the chassis. Thus preventing radiator alignment.
I have another scruffy short radiator shell, so decided to compare the two. The old shell has a section of the bottom inner edge cut away,so that it clears the chassis providing much more scope for adjustment. It is not a Nippy shell as it lacks the head lamp mounting bracket holes.
Before I start cutting my Nippy shell, where Nippy shell originally supplied with the cut-away? or am I missing something.
I will try and include photo's of the two shell.
Sorry cannot get the photo's attached.
As I could not get the radiator shell to move to improve the radiator- bonnet fit, I removed the radiator to check the attachment holes would allow adjustment movement. I found that the rear edge of the radiator shell was resting on and abutting the front nose piece of the chassis. Thus preventing radiator alignment.
I have another scruffy short radiator shell, so decided to compare the two. The old shell has a section of the bottom inner edge cut away,so that it clears the chassis providing much more scope for adjustment. It is not a Nippy shell as it lacks the head lamp mounting bracket holes.
Before I start cutting my Nippy shell, where Nippy shell originally supplied with the cut-away? or am I missing something.
I will try and include photo's of the two shell.
Sorry cannot get the photo's attached.