With an inventive enough rear subframe to hold the rear of the wings together,
you could possibly attach the later scissor hinges to it. Then attach an inner
mounting bracket onto your subframe and Spitfire latches in the footwells. With
the latches in the footwells your tilt conversion is not obvious. With this
setup, you could use your hood conventionally or as a tilt.............. Did
anyone understand what I just typed or am I not explaining my ideas thoroughly
enough again.
"Jeffrey H. Boatright" wrote:
> Toby,
>
> Did you weld the bonnet, wings, and front valance together or are you
> using a fiberglass front piece?
>
> Jeff
>
> >I am working on a similar project for my later 69 sprite. The hinge is
> >already made, I just have to get a hood stay in place. Pictures and CAD
> >files will be up on my site, in a few weeks. The biggest problem I had,
> >which you are not going to have, is the fenders not meeting up with the
> >sills. My hood stay should fix the problem on both sides. The other biggie,
> >which you are not going to have either, is the front bumper...
> >
> >I think it is a whole lot easier in a bugeye where the hood\fender\front
> >cowl is all one peice and very stiff. On my box sprite, all this stuff is
> >ment to be bolted to the "frame" and when it is bolted together, doesnt have
> >as much sniffness as I would like.
> >
> >Also my probelm is where the front cowl is going to meet the radiator, I
> >have to cut some slits for the peice to rotate around the radiator bolts.
> >All it all, I think it will be worth it as easy engine access, and not
> >scratching up my fenders and just plain coolness. Also the whole shabang
> >comes off with 2 bolts for serious engine work which is really nice. I'll
> >let the list know when my sprite page is updates with this info.
> >
> >
> >How difficult is it to change a Bugeye bonnet to hinge forward to open?
> >Does anyone have instructions or is there a kit for this?
> >Bill
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> __________________________________________________
> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA
> Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
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