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healeyboz

healeyboz

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Okay, second time I have posted this...

Would anyone be interested in a set of the forward tilt hinges? I have a guy who can make them. He is wanting to make them out of stainless, but I told him that steel would probably be fine and then we can powder coat them or whatever is desired. He needs to know how many to give me a price. These are the best hinge design that I have seen and the same that I have on my car and Jim Gruber has on his. They have the slotted slide that allows for the hood to not require a hood stay.

the count is at 1 for Jack


anyone else?
 
Here is a picture of that Hinge Bracket as installed.
 
One more pic
 
Copies of the blueprints are available at Gerard Ch... I can't pell his name but Google Gerard's Garage and you'll find a copy. I can't show you Bugsy's install as pics are too large. Need to retake and reupload.
 
BTW, I made mine from aluminum with slides from steel. I used 3 pieces of 1/8" aluminum bonded together with JB Weld and machined together for large bracket. Steel slides were cut from 1" flat bar srock. Drill press, file, and vice, plus bench grinder were all I needed to build these. Not as pretty as the stuff Barry's guy will do but possible to fabricate these fairly easily. These were several nights/weekends in the garage cogitating and machining to fit. If I was to do over I'd probably buy a nice looking fully completed hinge bracket.
 
:smile:

Yeah, I thought about making my own as well. A buddy offered his dad's services up and soon I had a set made from stainless. If I were to buy them, I would not have them made from stainless. Regular old steel and powder coated. All of the moving parts have nylon washers in place.
 
But Barry, you can buff stainless steel and give it BLING. :wink:
 
Ben,

I did not know who to attribute that picture to. I've got 4-5 different cars using this setup but pics are too big to upload. Thanks Ben for being the model for this exercise.
 
Ben, What did you end up using for your bonnet latch?
 
I have purchased a pair of Spitfire latches for the hold-down, but have yet to engineer the install! Has anyone else used these and if so...Pictures???
 
A timely thread for me! Just this past weekend I picked up some steel and Monday cut out and drilled the components; I still have to cut the slots in the limiting pieces and mount them when the final angle and position is determined...LOTS of work to do before then.

Keep in mind that this installation is on a '62 Sprite (MK II), not the usual Bugeye front tilt conversion. I'll be busy for a while combining the cowl, bonnet, and two wings into a single unit...also have to cut out rust on the passenger side lower wing and replace it with a repair panel. I'll post back when there is progress.

Here are the components I made for the tilt mechanism; they are from the plans available on numerous web sites. I'm using 1/4" steel for the main brackets and 1/8" steel for the limit straps. A little additional weight, but strong.

More photos and descriptions on my web site; "Spridget Project" link then to the Bodywork (Mar-May) page.

Ray

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Okay, so I am up to 2 depending on the price. I will wait to see if there are anymore by morning.
 
Looks like your tipical nice work Ray.
 
What I want to know is what you use to cut that 1/4 steel plate. I went through lots of blades in the jig saw just doing aluminum. I did put a metal cutting blade on the bandsaw. That would probably handle.
 
I have a pneumatic saw that uses metal blades from Bosch. I cuts through it pretty nicely. You still go through blades, but not as bad as others that I have seen.
 
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