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Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 21-Mar-2006, 01:57pm
You can't fit the Le-mans (Macau) headlight fairings onto a normal bonnet - they're a completely different fit.
However, I remember one racer (forget which one) was looking at trying to fit some MG headlight covers to his standard bonnet - I reckon that could be done...
However, I remember one racer (forget which one) was looking at trying to fit some MG headlight covers to his standard bonnet - I reckon that could be done...
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Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 21-Mar-2006, 01:59pm
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Posted By : George Ralph, 21-Mar-2006, 02:40pm
I spent a lot of time trying to track down a set for my SAH style GT6 "Le Mans" bonnet. Jigsaw supply bonnets, but were not willing (at that time) to supply headlight fairings separately. I found out (from an old CCC mag article) that the bonnet had probably been made by Honeybourne Mouldings and contacted them some time in 2004. They told me that all their tooling for the GT6 bonnets had been lost in the recent fire and they now only do Spitfire bonnets which have slightly different shaped perspex covers. Fortunately they had one pair of GT6 items left and I purchased them at £60 quid and there are now none left!!!! Frankly the quality is not great (flaws in the perspex) and they needed a lot of careful trimming to fit.
Perhaps there is a market here for these covers, particularly kits for the standard bonnet a la MGB as shown? The mouldings would not require sophisticated tooling to form the profile and any company that makes menu holders and the like would be able to do it.
These Le Mans type bonnets often surface on eBay etc from time to time, nearly always without the headlight fairings.
Good luck in your search
george
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Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 21-Mar-2006, 04:09pm
George - your car looks FAB!
The bonnet you have there is the Honeybourne Mouldings one (I think) - they did my covers for £60 a few years ago but mine are polycarbonate not perpex.
If I neeed another set I'd be calling them first.
They also can proivde new Le-mans bonnets for spitfires and GT6s if anyone is interested - I believe they are the SAH mould (ie - have the offset air intake) or the wide powerbulge like yours.
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Posted By : Craig Gingell, 21-Mar-2006, 01:57pm
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Posted By : John Davies, 21-Mar-2006, 06:33pm
I've never done this, yet, but I hate to pay someone for something that I could learn to do myself.
To that end, I found this interesting document, with masses of information about the industrial use of perspex.
http://www.bayplastics.co.uk/Perspex%20-%20Worksho...
See pages from 12 on 'Thermoforming'.
One day, one day.
Meanwhile, hope it's useful to you.
John
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Posted By : Aldo Zanre, 23-Mar-2006, 01:35pm
Thanks to all who provided feedback on my query
Regards ALDO>
Regards ALDO>