bonnet vent cover

Post by **redline** » 25 May 2005 08:29 am

Its gonna be bloody cold in winter driving my car with no tailgate LOL , I will get to work on getting your parts Jeroen, Or if you prefer I will send you the cash and sort out the parts later , any idea when you will know for deffinate if you have it , You will become a British National (well on this forum anyway ) hero if you pull this off ,

Post by **bodejodel** » 25 May 2005 09:57 am

redline wrote:Its gonna be bloody cold in winter driving my car with no tailgate LOL , I will get to work on getting your parts Jeroen, Or if you prefer I will send you the cash and sort out the parts later

Well I will have to collect the cap first, so I won't be sending it tomorrow.
You will have some time to collect the parts...

redline wrote:any idea when you will know for deffinate if you have it , You will become a British National (well on this forum anyway ) hero if you pull this off ,

Well how about... now...? The cap is mine.

A friend of mine scrapped a 340 and there was a snowcap on the bonnet....
So I guess I am a national hero now?

Post by **Chris_C** » 25 May 2005 10:08 am

I go away for one evening..... Woohoo!!!!

Post by **redline** » 25 May 2005 12:33 pm

thank you , I am a happy man

and we are not worthy of having such a great man on the forum Jeroen

Post by **bodejodel** » 25 May 2005 12:48 pm

You're welcome!

Post by MJ » 27 May 2005 05:24 pm

Congratulations, everyone else will have to wait.

Injection moulding costs a fortune for small scale production due to mould making.

Are you considering doing GRP copies?

By the way how are they attached? There was mention of a couple screws, but do you have to drill into the vent thing

or can it remain un modded

Post by **bodejodel** » 27 May 2005 10:15 pm

The cap is mounted from the inside out.

Remove ventillation grille.
(be very patient, the clips break very easily)
Position the cap over the grille.
Screws go from bottom to top trough the middle holes (between every "grille post" there are 3 small holes...) in the grille.
Mount the grille with cap on the hood again...

5 minutes work.

Post by MJ » 27 May 2005 10:23 pm

Thanks.

Now I just need to hope there will be some cheap copies made

Post by **bodejodel** » 27 May 2005 10:34 pm

I hope so too... GF replica's sound quite time consuming to me though...
If I find more caps I will let you all know...
I know Chris_C and VarioSi are waiting in line for one...

Post by **foggyjames** » 28 May 2005 12:40 am

You're a page too late there MJ...we've already discussed FG copies. I'm prepared to give it a shot if a donor can be loaned.

cheers

James

Post by **bodejodel** » 28 May 2005 01:06 am

I bet Mick can wait a couple of weeks longer while you make a FG mould...

EDIT: Dang... 2:06 I gotta try to get some sleep while its still dark...

Post by **bodejodel** » 12 Jun 2005 11:07 pm

Look what I've got for you Mick, an absolutely spottless snowcap!
It is a very tiny bit bent becouse the @#$%& who was the official owner of the car discided he could run up and down his car before he gave it away to be scrapped for parts...
I think it will straighten out when some pressure is applied for a short duration of time...
It is a very nice snowcap though...

Congrats, I will send is on its way tomorrow!
Let me know when it arrives and when you have my parts ready for shipping...
(maybe foggy wants to send me some seats, I think it will be cheaper if it is sent as one package?)

Post by **foggyjames** » 12 Jun 2005 11:41 pm

We'll have to see how tidy they are, but all things are possible

cheers

James

Post by **redline** » 13 Jun 2005 04:31 pm

the day is nearly here If you were a girl I would

you , but instead I owe you a large

as well as the parts , it should look especially good with the other mods taking place this week

Post by **bodejodel** » 13 Jun 2005 10:09 pm

I'll be looking forward to the parts!
I'll keep that pint in mind...

We may be buying a caravan (a classic one though not one of those ugly modern things...) next year so It could be possible for us to attend a UK meet next year...