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kcbugeye1275

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My winter project on my bugeye finds the bonnet having gone through a staggered cleaning. First we stripped all the paint we could. Second, mediia blasting. Third, light sand blasting. Forth, removal of all rust possible with tools everywhere. Fifth, sandblasting of all those pesky, places a tool can't get. My bonnet had the wings, replaced sometime, suffered very light damage in a horizontal line across the front, an impact on the lower drivers side, and once, the bonnet came up at highway speed(twas my experience) causing cracks in braces. The trivia ?, how many pieces were welded to make a bugeye bonnet, you'll be suprised when you count.
 

jlaird

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12 or more and I haven't left the computer.
 
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Yes, but the early bonnets have fewer bits than the later ones.
 

aeronca65t

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This picture doesn't show everything "exploded", but it will give you some idea:

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jlaird

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2 fenders
4 ribs between fender and center
1 hindge pannel
2 corner braces lower rear fender
2 air deflectors at corners of grill
5 latch parts
1 front lower bonnet
2 lights
5 clips for wireing harnes
1 center pannel

25 total parts to weld in place
 

tony barnhill

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bugimike

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Too many??? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banana.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banana.gif
 
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kcbugeye1275

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We counted 27, and missed the 4 pieces of beading..
 

ncbugeye

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All we have to do is do our best to make sure nobody ever scraps a bugeye front, however badly rusted, they CAN be restored if the top top part with the bug eyes is still good. That panel will never be made again (except in GRP of course), unless somebody (maybe Heritage, Gaydon) wants to invest some serious tooling $$$$.

You can even buy a new bugeye shell now... But the bonnet is GRP.
 

GB1

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kcbugeye1275 said:
We counted 27, and missed the 4 pieces of beading..

Does this make me correct /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banana.gif
 
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