{"id":10239,"date":"2014-12-06T20:18:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T01:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=10239"},"modified":"2015-02-18T12:30:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T17:30:43","slug":"e-type-bonnet-side-flange-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2014\/12\/e-type-bonnet-side-flange-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Type Bonnet Side Flange Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fall was the season of bonnets around here – we cranked out FOUR complete bonnet restorations in October and November among the other work going on – that’s alot of bonnets in a short time!<\/p>\n

This particular bonnet was a new challenge for me – and I didn’t think that was possible!\u00a0 More than half of the bonnets that we restore have some type of rust issue in the long side flanges that attach the wings to the center section.\u00a0 It is a common rust trap where sand, salt, and mud gets crammed up in this open seam when flung up from the front wheels.<\/p>\n

On most bonnets, we do some patching of the turned-down flange itself, or a small patch here or there in the actual surface of the center section right up against this seam.<\/p>\n

This particular bonnet was a very interesting piece.\u00a0 It was all original – an absolute virgin – without so much as ONE SINGLE DENT!\u00a0 But there was rust in the side seams, and it was BAD!!!\u00a0 To be honest, bonnets that have been this rusty on the side seams in the past have gone straight into the pile in our off-site storage facility.\u00a0 But this one was SO STRAIGHT otherwise – the mouth was PERFECT!<\/p>\n

So I took the plunge and decided to tackle this extensive side flange rust.\u00a0 How bad could it be, right?\u00a0 Well, I found out…<\/p>\n