I'm obviously missing something here. What's wrong with the black
cardboard shroud that came with the cars? Other than the fact that the
cardboard shrouds weather over time I can see no functional advantage of
the metal items. While mine is a subjective view, the cardboard looks
better than the "heavy metal" shroud, but as always, beauty is in the
eye...
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
CF37325U
"Kai M. Radicke" wrote:
>
> > Good morning (again),
> >
> > I recall discussions in the past on substituting different material for
> the
> > fiber board radiator shrouds - what are the more popular options and does
> > anyone have patterns they worked from to produce these?
> >
> > /Chris
>
> I received a very nice aluminum radiator shroud from Good Parts
> http://www.goodparts.com ). I haven't put in the car yet, but so that you
> can see the quality of the item and how it is assembled I just took some
> photos of it.
>
> http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg/tr6/shroud-1.jpg - this is the assembled shroud
> from the 'inside' (if you were to peer through the grille)
>
> http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg/tr6/shroud-2.jpg - this is the fastener that
> Richard Good uses, it requires no drilling and comes preinstalled all you do
> is put in the screw.
>
> http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg/tr6/shroud-3.jpg - what it looks like from the
> exterior side, assembled. I haven't removed the green protective wrap yet,
> so just ignore that. The only fault I can find with the product is that the
> side pictured (the right side) is about an 1/8" misplaced, you can see the
> slight overlap in the photo. Not a big deal, I can correct it.
>
> Good Parts also has a stainless steel radiator shroud. $79 for the aluminum
> and $119 for the stainless steel.
>
> I believe Bob Danielson's website has a photo of the aluminum shroud
> installed in his car!
>
> I considered purchasing the plastic on sold by BritFab, but for the small
> difference in price I thought that the aluminum shroud would look much
> better and be more resistant to any fluids that it may come in contact with.
>
> chocks away,
>
> --
> Kai M. Radicke -- kmr@pil.net
> 1966 MGB -- 1974 Triumph TR-6
> http://www.pil.net/~felix (pix soon)
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