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Old 29th November 2012, 17:53
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Time to fit the radiator so after the obligatory sit and stare at the job for half an hour I decided to mount it on the forward brackets on the front of the chassis, directly behind the bumper bar.
Took the original mounts and cut them down and folded them around.


Welded up the sides and filled in the ends before bolting back onto the radiator.

These then slotted in between the brackets, a couple of holes drilled through and then all bolted in place.



All sounds nice n easy but it took the whole day to complete.

Still pleased enough with the results.


Finally I forgot to post pics of my alternative method for hinging the bonnet, Kept the original frame from the Herald bonnet, intended bending it to the profile of the spyder but lack of correct tools prevented this from happening, so I cut off the crossbar and bonding pasted and fibre glassed the struts direct to the underside of the bonnet. Has held strong with no flex, has the advantage of retaining the full adjustment on the lower hinge, also allows decent access when open fully.

May yet add a couple more supporting struts but will know better when it comes to fitter inner wings..

Thats it for now
Pops
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