I should have mentioned that the pointed metal piece on the drivers side is
no longer there which was the cause of the problem. All of the metal
bits are very rusty and appear to be attached to the wood with small tacks.
Derek
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Per Schoerner <per@schoerner.se> wrote:
> Derek
> What you have appears to be the original thing. At least it corresponds to
> what I found on my hard top, which had been sitting in a shed for 35 years
> before I got my hands on it.
>
> Per
>
> Derek Job skrev 2013-09-27 11:53:
>
>> I had an interesting moment at Shelsley Walsh last weekend when, on
>> entering the esses the front padded 'bolster' fell down on the drivers
>> side
>> hitting the wheel and ending up in my lap. The left side stayed in place
>> so
>> I had the thing diagonally across the windsrcreen for the remainder of the
>> run.
>>
>> I removed it entirely for the last run. Just been examining its
>> construction and fitting and have no idea if what I have is how it should
>> be. The bolster is basically a piece of curved wood which is padded and
>> covered in what looks like original style material. The wood itself
>> appears to be three sheets of thin ply which are now separating in
>> places.
>> There are three, flat, pointed, metal pieces attached to the front and one
>> at each end. These simply jam into the gaps between the aluminium moulding
>> and the fibreglass. There is an arrow pencil marked on the wood indicating
>> which is the front of the wooden piece. Sort of thing that would be
>> pencilled marked during construction but the whole thing looks a bit home
>> made.
>>
>> Does any one have an original that they could describe?
>>
>> Derek
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