Having spent some time wondering whether to make my own scuttle or just buy one I decided to sort of compromise. I had the materials so decided to have a go at making one. If it came out half decent I'd go with that. Conversely, if it was a complete pile of poo I'd just bin it and buy a fibreglass one.

It's taken two full days at 8 hours+ each day but I think it's actually come out really good. Although to be honest a fair chunk of the time was spent bending and then unbending bits of metal to get the correct profile! Worth it in the end though I think - plus saved a few quid for a ready made scuttle.


Scuttle 1 small



Scuttle 4 small



Scuttle 12 small



Scuttle 21 small



Scuttle 25 small

Bit of trimming and fettling left to do but so far so good, then start on the dash!

Mart.

That looks really good mate. Ace.


I do however have one tiny criticism......


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Wrought iron chassis stands are a tad overkill.

Cheers
Paul G

like it

Nice work - bet you wnet to bed a contented man on Sunday night

Nice job

What did you use to make it? I've got some sheets of thin ally lying around and want to make my own too.

JB

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments.

Paul G - you're not the first to comment on the elaborate chassis stands Base unit from an old chilled catering display unit!

JB - I used some 3.3mm ali for the bulkhead panel first. Shaped that to the profile I wanted to match up with the bonnet line from the nose cone using cardboard templates. Then I bent some 25mm x 3mm mild steel bar to match that profile, welded 9 tabs onto it and riveted the ali to the steel bar - picture 1 in the original post.

Then I ground the ali back by about 8mm and bent another strip of steel bar (15mm x 3mm) to match that and tag welded that to the tabs on the first piece. This will be the lip that the bonnet sits on - picture 2 in the original post and below. I also drilled the rivets back out and replaced them with M5 Rivnuts.



Scuttle 14 small

Next I re-profiled the rear hoop by making a hardboard template first and then just bending the tube to match the template little bit at a time using a pipe bender I borrowed off a plumber mate - picture 3 in the original post.

Then I made a template for the skin out of some old lino - below:-



Scuttle 16 small

And transfered this to some 1.6mm ali. Then it was just a question of measuring and paring away the excess and bending around the base of the scuttle using a couple of ratchett straps to help hold things in place - pictures 4&5 in the original post.

Finally, I intend to fold the skin over the lip at the front (bonnet side) of the scuttle to meet the bonnet support lip. (If that makes sense!) Once the bonnet support lip has a strip of rubber over it and with the bonnet in place I'm hoping I can get the bend tidy enough to look nice and smooth. Something like the quality CAD picture below The white line is where the ali skin will fold over and then the black bit is obviously where the rubber seal will sit.



Scuttle sketch

Hope that makes sense and is of some use!

Mart.

Blimey! Now that's what I call a helpful answer

Cheers Mart.



JB

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Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Blimey! Now that's what I call a helpful answer

Cheers Mart.



JB

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Nice job. You should be chuffed about that. I thought of it and bought one - two actually, the first had problems.