{"id":8323,"date":"2014-02-19T20:42:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T01:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=8323"},"modified":"2015-02-18T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T17:43:00","slug":"bronze-e-type-forward-bulkhead-top-panel-or-scuttle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2014\/02\/bronze-e-type-forward-bulkhead-top-panel-or-scuttle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronze \u2013 E-Type Forward Bulkhead Top Panel, or \u201cScuttle\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third place goes to this panel that we finally patterned and fabricated as a whole piece for a restoration shop that could not find the piece anywhere else currently.<\/p>\n

This is the top panel of all 6-cylinder, short-wheelbase E-Types – it is called the cowl top panel, or scuttle.\u00a0 This panel looks rather simple – it’s not.\u00a0 It’s size is what makes it a nightmare – before all of the edges are rolled in giving it strength, one false move and the whole thing bends in half!<\/p>\n

The completed photos are not good – the oak floor in the new office is a bad background, and the lighting is not good – these photos don’t do justice to the piece, and before I ship it out, I will take better photos and update the blog (yeah right…)<\/p>\n

Take special notice of the TIG weld along the front drip channel – it doesn’t get any finer than that!<\/p>\n