2cv
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| posted on 25/9/10 at 04:34 PM |
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Making Aluminium Air Scoops using just hand tools
Requests for suppliers of air scoops seem to come up regularly on this Forum and it's true that such things can be purchased in fibreglass but it
always seems to me to be a shame when someone has gone to a lot of trouble to form an aluminium bonnet that they have to resort to fibreglass for the
air scoop.
There has been some interest in the previous threads covering the bending of square steel tube and forming a power bulge with just the tools that most
people have available. At the risk of boring you we could look at making other components.
Both a forward facing air scoop to get air in and the reverse scoop or flutes can easily be made by any one of us. As with the power bulge, nothing
special is needed other that a desire to succeed.
The flutes in the attached picture were made by hand forming alone apart from turning the flange which was done with nothing more than pliers with the
teeth taken off.
If you haven't fallen asleep from boredom by and now and anyone is interested, I can do some stage by stage pictures showing how on both the
flutes and a forward facing scoop.
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MikeR
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| posted on 25/9/10 at 05:24 PM |
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of course the answer is we're interested - do stage by stage photos!!!!
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jlparsons
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| posted on 25/9/10 at 05:39 PM |
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yup, keen to see!
Also, can you make a suit of armor please? 
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2cv
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| posted on 25/9/10 at 06:05 PM |
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Thanks chaps, I'll see what I can do although I'll need your inside leg Mr Parsons for the suit of armour 
Actually I'm off on a pensioners holiday during next week but I'll do my best to post some pics before then.
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Dale
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| posted on 25/9/10 at 07:35 PM |
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I quite like that especially since I have been thinking of duing a series of something just like that between my bonnet and the full front fenders
that could hide mounting brackets as well as net some engine heat out.
Dale
Thanks
Dale
my 14 and11 year old boys 22
and 19 now want to drive but have to be 25 before insurance will allow. Finally on the road
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2cv
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| posted on 26/9/10 at 06:56 AM |
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Here are a couple of pictures showing how these ventillation flutes look on Dellows. The ones I've made are exact copies although I've only
used two rather than the three on the Dellow.
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