Alan 461 (and anyone interested)

[phillpot]

Alan, if you've not already seen these hinges they may give you some ideas, they are what inspired me to do something


I forget the owners name but I think he was from Germany, came over to join us at an SCH few years ago.

[tvrgit]

His name was Jens Wilke

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

I was S-Editor at the time, I remember this stuff!

[phillpot]

That's the guy, very stripped out "minimalistic" engine bay, and wasn't he the first winner of the Clarence Boddiger award?

[AutoAndy]

phillpot said:

That's the guy, very stripped out "minimalistic" engine bay, and wasn't he the first winner of the Clarence Boddiger award?

...he was....I was aiming for it, but one look at his engine bay and he was the worthy winner....everyone who looked in his engine bay said pretty much the same thing...."there is something missing"... Answer was ...most of the crap; pipes, battery, etc....a special car...and vey innovative...

[phillpot]

And being a catylist engine there was no bulky AFM's, air filter was directly mounted onto the engine with no flex pipes.

[Alan461]

Looks like the most logical design, i like the R clips for extra quick bonnet release.

Mike, thanks for the carpet set earlier, got loads done today,
you were right about the side light, it was the rubbish connector on the harness next to the rad.

[HvdWeerden]

[phillpot]

Alan461 said:

Looks like the most logical design, i like the R clips for extra quick bonnet release.

The downside is they were built on the car so have little or no adjustment should it be required.

Quick release
how often does the bonnet need to come off? Four bolts don't take that long to remove compared to the time it's going to take to do whatever "major surgury" once it's off.
Good for a race car I guess.

Alan461 said:

Mike, thanks for the carpet set

You're welcome, glad they found a good home.

[Top Gear TVR]

Phillpot...'The downside is they were built on the car so have little or no adjustment should it be required.'

I thought this and then pondered that its mounted on the existing box section and could slide up and down? but mostly the plate clamping the bonnet vertical face itself could mask some larger than necessary holes? and this would allow a 'release the bolts, wedge (not using a tasmin obviously) into the correct position and do the bolts up?' adjustment?

what do you think?

[Top Gear TVR]

I have emailed Jens to see if he has any drawings.......

[tvrgit]

Top Gear TVR said:

I have emailed Jens to see if he has any drawings.......

IIRC he told me that he bought it like that, so unlikely...