Re: Bugeye front-tilt bonnet ad-on

[Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>]

I don't have a source for a less expensive kit.  I made my own in about 1/2 hour
for less than $4.00, two pieces of steel, a few bolts, washers, and spacers cut
from a piece of pipe.  No latching mechanism though.

Rick
'59 Bugeye

Robert J Carlson wrote:

> Mini mania is asking $120 for their conversion to a front-tilt bonnet for
> the bugeye. Does anyone know if there are less expensive sources for this
> kit?
>
> This could probably be fabricated ta home relatively easily, but I simply
> don't have the time --- and my back hurts from being under the boonet in its
> current set-up.