ahebron Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Yesterday I temporarily fitted the bonnet to my Vitesse 6 mainly as a way of storing it out of harm.I noticed when I tried to close it the metal angle the panel beater had welded in across the bottom of the grill aperture was to deep and kept hitting the radiator.Today I removed the bonnet and cut the base of the angle down so it was the same width as the remaining original metal work on this part of the bonnet. Whilst doing this I also noticed they hadn't welded the broken tags that hold whats left of the original strengthener that runs across this part. I cleaned the paint back to bare metal and struck up the mig and reattached these broken parts correctly mating each part with its mate by using wedges etc.My question then is to do with this metal that the bottom of the grill fixes to.Is it in basically a straight line or does it match the curve of the top of the grill aperture?At present mine is roughly a straight across the bottom.Hopefully there is photo with this, the green part is the base of the grill opening.ThanksAdrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Sorry dont remember,but the grill is close to touching the radiator frameHas the grill side surrounds on the bonnet been pushed rearwards , you know the underider covers the height and front rear sliding linkadjustments, and the slots in these should be uppermost and be clamped by the fixings and bonnet pivot bolt in the single holepete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Should be a curve I think - follows the curve of the lip on top of the front valance. Need all the space you can get - is damn close to the rad......Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Thanks for the replies. I agree it is very tight down there.I had a look at the bonnet on my Mk2 but its been pushed in so that is no good as a reference.Front valance is another matter Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Me again.I finally got to my spare bonnet to have a look at it today.Yes the bottom of the grill aperture is curved to match the top of the opening.Looks like I will have to get a length of U channel made 16mm wide by 12mm deep and the right length then slowly curve it to suit.I did think about cutting the section out of the spare bonnet but it has rust and I am over robbing parts from one car project (or bonnet) to fix another.Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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