{"id":10011,"date":"2014-10-22T16:02:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=10011"},"modified":"2015-02-18T12:33:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T17:33:26","slug":"adding-metal-to-the-rear-edge-of-an-e-type-bonnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2014\/10\/adding-metal-to-the-rear-edge-of-an-e-type-bonnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Metal to the rear edge of an E-Type Bonnet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, it’s just unavoidable…<\/p>\n

When we last spoke about this project, the bonnet was on and perfectly aligned, but 5\/8″ too short on one side – even though on that side, the lower edge of the wing was ALREADY behind the sill a bit..<\/p>\n

In this case, we had two choices:<\/p>\n

A)\u00a0 Pull shims out of one side and line up the existing rear edge up with the cowl – but this would have mounted the bonnet on a severe angle, so NO!<\/p>\n

B)\u00a0 Add metal to the rear edge.\u00a0 YES – this is what we HAVE to do here…<\/p>\n

Take a look at how it’s done – properly.\u00a0 Because Lord knows I have seen some REALLY ugly attempts at this in the past!<\/p>\n