Early BN1s have an aluminum rear deck lid, but if you have a steel lid
you can use magnets. The type that are used to mount CB and ham
antennas are very strong. They have a suitable plastic cover to keep
the magnet from scratching paint. Or, if you have a removable rear
luggage rack you could mount the brake light to it. I would be
nervous about setscrews distorting the almost pure aluminum of a deck
lid. I haven't tried to see if a bar of steel under an ally lid would
link to a sufficiently strong magnet ....
-Roland
early BN1
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:36:14 +0200, you wrote:
::Hi all,
::would suction cups be a solution? I bought a third brake light in the USA,
::only to find out it was a rigid construction which could not be bent to
::follow the shape of the body. I ended up fitting the brake light in my
daily
::car, a Citrokn Break, but I still keep thinking about a possibility to
mount
::a third brake light onto my BJ8 without drilling holes.
::Has anyone on this list ever used soft pvc suction cups to hold something
::onto a driving car?
::Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
::1964 BJ8 29432
::
::2010/4/12 Al Fuller <al@bighealey.org>
::
::> Sara:
::>
::> You might try using a set screw in the underside of bracket, which would
::> pinch upwards into the underside of the boot lid, thus securing the
bracket
::> and light assembly.
::>
::> Many deck lid antenna brackets use this system, and the only usual
downside
::> is you will/might bite through the paint under the deck lid at the site
of
::> the set screws
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