Fitted the first of the aerocatches to the bonnet today ( No Pins fitted yet so bonnet just resting )

Then made four brackets to hold the pins -Then ***ed up the brackets becasue I forgot that I had changed the drill bit last night from a 10mm to a 12mm ..

Oh well ...


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Nice interior light what car did it come off

Got any closer pictures of the catches?

Will post some close ups on Monday

Must be getting old as I cant see the colours on the wires without extra lighting..

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Nice Job Paul

If you don't mind I shall be copying that idea..

What happened to the close ups?

Close Ups please, and of the catches... and where you got them from, how much.. etc etc.

Havent done mine yet either.. looks good so far..


Forgot to say "Please"

Geoff

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Finall versions of brackets
* catches dont look square in photo but are in real life , must be lens on camera

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Final version of brackets

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They have taken 30 times longer to fit than side catches but I like the look of them and trust them more...

Cost - £ 35 a pair from donnington show..

Final brackets have been fitted with 5mm rivnuts to the chassie

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Paul...
Many thanks for the piccies.. It explains it all now..I like them.. dont like the price but they make a superb job, and look the B's Knees..

They look SuperB!

Can we buy them off ebay??
I like them very much!

an bit pricy but hey! they don't look atleast from the 60ties and every superb thing cost money..the hole car in fact does!

Where can i order them, and aren't there lockable versions of it?

Tks

Demon Tweeks do them.
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=PST120-2000
Non locking: 29,95 / locking: 33,55 exc vat for 1 pair.

they look sweet... might have to purchase some of them, looks like rally design also stock them, cheaper than demon tweeks

Darren

Paul,

I have unashamedly copied you and bought a set of aerocatches for my Velocity. I was going to have a go at fitting them today and wanted to ask you why you made the fixing brackets rather than drilling through the chassis tube and clamping the pin to that?

Steve

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=33425

was conerned about the strength issues by drilling through the top rails

take your time and get the position correct - my catches could have been better if i had fitted them 1 0r 2 cm lower as the back ones have to have the pin at a slight angle now due to the slope of the bonnet

I fitted the brackets with two m5 rivnuts which allowed me to slide the brackects backwards or forwards by 2mm to get perfect fit

Paul,

The thread attached earlier put me off drilling all the way through the chassis rail so I bought a section of 20mm aluminium square tube from B&Q for a few quid and used it in a similar way as you did. It worked really well because the lower nut fitted perfectly into the tube which made adjustment very manageable. You can just see one of the brackets to the left of the throttle pedal.
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looking good..

You may need to play around with the angle the pin ends up at..I ended up using some rubber tap washers cut at 5 deg. ( proto type) one on top and one inside the bracket to get the pin sloping inwards on the rear catches. The front ones were perfect straight up..

You have more finesse than me, I too had to adjust the angle, I used a hammer!

I tell you what we get ripped off in this country.. I have just been working in Thailand and was wondering around aimlessly at the weekend and stumbled over a Honda tuning shop. They sell the aero catches (not lockable) for £10 a pair and the lockable ones for £18 a pair... The non lockable ones are from Japan and the lockable ones are from the US.....

You can even pick the colour of the pins..normal ally, red or blue!