13/60, Vitesse bonnet

[daverclasper]

Hi. Anyone know if it's straightforward, to remove the the bonnet top section from the wings, without damage to the the bonnet

Is it just tack welded to wings and just a case of grinding the tacks off please.

Thanks, Dave

[NonMember]

Well.... it's spot welded along the flanges. The side ones are internal, the front one covered by a stainless finisher. Removing spot welds without further damage is technically possible but rarely so in practice, especially as those flanges are universally rusty.

[68vitesse]

Removed a 13/60 bonnet top to use on a Vitesse bonnet rebuild, just need to decide which bits to keep and which to sacrifice.

Regards

Paul

[daverclasper]

Thanks, folks.  It's for sale locally for around a tenner and wings have been cut off below swage line.  Photos, show the side trim removed and some surface rust along those areas. I guess rot is likely, though hidden in the seams?. Also no photo of inside seams.

Mine is in good nick and I was only thinking of getting it as a spare, in case of accident damage (girlfriend thinks I'm mad (and is probably right) , especially as would be storing it under the bed).

Think, probably, best to leave it.

Dave

Edited January 20, 2019 by daverclasper

[Pete Lewis]

yes sleep easy dave,

 

[NonMember]

Probably best. If it were for sale locally to me for a tenner I might be very tempted but  (1) I'd be storing it in the roof of the garage and (2) I'd be using it to build a new bonnet to swap onto Tessa so that she doesn't have to be off the road for ages to fix the flappy wings where the wheel arches have rusted away completely.

[Colin Lindsay]

It takes up a lot of room. I've a good 1200 bonnet top, and cut the rusty wings off it to save space, but it's still huge and gets in the way a lot. It's very easy to bend in the outer corners too if you stand it up on that end.