Fred,
If you would be so kind as to scan them, trace the outline of one on a piece of
papar, take measurements, whatever... I would be grateful. I may be (and
probably am)
comletely wrong about the leading edge. I was typing from memory of something I
haven't looked closely at lately.
--
Ben Miller
--
-An act of war has been committed. We MUST react accordingly!-
'79 Spit - "Bitsy"
Corvallis, Or.
Fred Griffiths wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> Sorry I don't know of a site with templates. But I just ordered some from
> Rimmer and could photo them or perhaps scan them if you don't get any better
> dimensions. They are actually a rather weird shape with a tab on one side.
>
> After getting the new ones, I found I preferred using my original home made
>ones
> - two layers of rubber pool liner! With the thicker originals, if it gets
>caught
> on the firewall when lowering the hood, it hangs up. With 2 thinner layers,
>one
> at least usually stays down.
>
> I note you said
>
> > they are some type of splash shield) clipped to the bottom edge (leading
> > and trailing) of the wheel wells.
>
> I question your mention of 'leading' edge of wheel well. As far as I know
>they
> only fit on the trailing edge, but I guess there's nothing to stop clipping to
> the leading edge. Would it do any good, though?
>
> Cheers, Fred
>
> --
> Fred & Wendy Griffiths.
> Calgary, AB, Canada
> with Spitfires in various
> states of readiness.
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