{"id":5258,"date":"2013-02-20T22:06:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T03:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2015-02-18T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:00:50","slug":"brooklyn-bonnet-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2013\/02\/brooklyn-bonnet-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Bonnet Blast!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Summer, we built a shell for a 1965 Series 1 roadster in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.\u00a0 We sourced a Series 2 roadster shell from Connecticut, and converted it to Series 1 configuration, while also fixing a few rust problems.\u00a0 The shell turned out great, and has been ready to ship since September – but she’s still here…<\/p>\n

Once the shell was completed, the owner asked if we would please keep going and build some bonnet pieces for them as well.\u00a0 Their bonnet was very bad, and while they had sourced a new center section and lower valance already, they had determined that the wings, inner valances, and basically the whole thing was shot…<\/p>\n

So, their request was to provide a complete Series 1 bonnet worth of panels, EXCEPT the center section and wings.\u00a0 NO PROBLEM!\u00a0 OK – wait – there’s one problem – you’re just going to have to wait a while – I’m behind schedule as usual, and I’ll just have to restore a pair of wings and inner valances when I get the chance – which could be a while.\u00a0 They were happy to wait, and we agreed to get to it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Eventually, I had an excellent pair of wings blasted, as well as several inner valances that were restorable.\u00a0 The wings, however, were a Series 1.5 and a Series 2, which I planned to convert to Series 1 with the headlamp flanges and some changes to the turn signal area on the Series 2.\u00a0 The remainder of the pieces – mudhields, headlamp diaphragms, mouth tray, and a complete flange set, are all parts we fabricate here new, and can come off the shelf.<\/p>\n

This stuff was all blasted and ready to go a few weeks ago, and then something better became available – quite literally, something PERFECT for this order!<\/p>\n