GT6 Fiberglass Hood
Anyone know a source for one - or a good Spitfire piece that i could add the bulge to? Thanks, Clark
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I have a SAH Interceptor GT6 front end (bonnet) on my GT6. It's very similar to fiberglass LeMans Spitfire front ends, even using the same headlight covers. It differs in that it has a low wide scoop...
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Mike - thanks for the reply. I look forward to your photos - are you in England, or the US? Clark
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I'm in the US, near Chicago. I checked Honeybourne's site (http://www.honeybournemouldings.co.uk/triumph.htm), and it appears they no longer make my front end, they do make ...Read More
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Mike, thanks again. Looks like a decent resource, too bad it's in England... Your car looks very custom and well done. I will probably end up making my own part off the steel OEM piece. Do you...
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My fiberglass bonnet was fabbed at home. I bought a Spit bonnet and molded the bulge inside a steel hood. It took all winter as I'd never done any glass work before. There used to be a couple of...
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I might add that the bommet I molded had a dent that I didn't pay too much attention to as I expected a lot of finish work. That minor mistake is haunting me all those years later as I'm grinding and...
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No ideas on the side vents. The SAH ones were not much more than plastering mesh (expanded metal same as grill). The only thing custom on mine is I moved the turn signals behind the grill, left...
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Truth be told, I've been modeling and building race car bodies (mostly carbon fiber) for the last 10 years - after retiring from 31 years designing cars for GM... I was just trying to see if there...
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I cut the bonnet weight exactly in half. 80 Pounds to Forty pounds. I've seen some nice strong Spitty bonnets at twenty pounds.The side grilles are cut down stock MK2 grilles. The original LeMans...
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I figure I could probably make one at about 20 -30 lbs if I vac bagged it with some 3/16th foam stiffening laminated in - even less if I did it in CF... but that's probably not legal in vintage. The...
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As the GT6's had louvers originally, the MK2's anyway, you may be able to pull it off. Let's talk...
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Steve - I have a fiberglass GT6 hood with LeMans style headlights that has a molded in dent in the buldge. Is this one of yours?Thanks - Scott L
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Steve Smith - I have a fiberglass GT6 hood with LeMans style headlights that has a molded in dent in the buldge. Is this one of yours? Thanks - Scott L
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No Scott, I only did the one as it was a huge enterprise and learning experience. people that do glass would sneer at my mistakes but it took me all winter to muddle thru until I got a satisfying...
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Hi guys, i have just picked up a 65 spit that is to be a father/ son project to build a Macau. My son and I Met Kas this past spring at the Mitty in Atlanta and from that he has been after me to build...
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Sounds like great father and son project. Weight and balance would be my concern. Has anyone out there got a weight on the Truimph six? I was going to use a 2.3 Ford from a Merkur (turbo) in a Lotus 7...
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Thanks for the input. I originally was going to use the 2.3 also but I was talked out of it by my Triumph friend who said if you are going to build a replica of the Macau you have t...Read More
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