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Bonnet Hinge on Striker, Youtube

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:56 am
by Christof
Hi All

Saw a chap (Peter Robinson?) on Youtube with red striker who has full length bonnet on a hinge - I'm hoping to get some close up pictures of this ...

Anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM_vPLHSeiw

Re: Bonnet Hinge on Striker, Youtube

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:24 pm
by peter030371
My first Striker had a one peace bonnet and it didn't fit between the headlights with out a lot of jigging around. I then got the jigsaw out and made it a two peace bonnet (with suitable trim added) which was so much easier to work with!

Re: Bonnet Hinge on Striker, Youtube

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:03 pm
by Christof
Thought about it but would want to fit underlip and it might affect smooth lines, require repainting etc

this guy's hinge looks a neat solution

similar issue re headlights. they look great but might replace with dominators or something as i suspect rack has stoppers to stop arches hitting lights - turning circle worse than an oil tanker

Re: Bonnet Hinge on Striker, Youtube

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:45 pm
by jeffw
Just put a Phoenix body on it, fixed all the issues with the aesthetics then :)

Re: Bonnet Hinge on Striker, Youtube

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:32 am
by peter030371
This was the finished job

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I had to bond a lip to the nose cone once cut off for the main bonnet to rest on, you can just see it on the left in this picture

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The nose cone was then held on with 4 Dzus fasteners and the bonnet was held on with 2 Dzus and some horrible spring clip things. Smaller headlights would have helped. It looked OK to me and was stable at full speed (which was only about 110mph) around several race circuits :)

Re: Bonnet Hinge on Striker, Youtube

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 1:38 pm
by Christof
Hmm, prefer the one piece. Think I will eventually weld on a frame for hinging

Phoenix body, interesting, looks doable but at circa £2k that's a job for another day!

Re: Bonnet Hinge on Striker, Youtube

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:33 pm
by jeffw
Doable? The Phoenix is a bodied Striker....

Re: Bonnet Hinge on Striker, Youtube

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 5:12 pm
by Christof
for a novice tortoise like me!
im now thinking maybe two piece bonnet will be ok as i have to deal with some paintwork issues anyway