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by chopper_boy007
Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:48 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: Refitting hood- high on one side
Replies: 11
Views: 5329

Re: Refitting hood- high on one side

Thanks again, lastmanx... I suspected the hood might be warped... the buggy was built years ago, and I've just been rebuilding it recently... The hood was off for a while, standing upright in a hot garage which maybe didn't help... I tried making some "control" measurements side to side, b...
by chopper_boy007
Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:28 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: Refitting hood- high on one side
Replies: 11
Views: 5329

Re: Refitting hood- high on one side

Thanks lastmanx,
Yeah, that was my first thought, so I took the tank out completely and tried again... same problem...
It's a real puzzler... Everything is level according to the spirit guage, but the distance from the hood corner to the body (at the back) is about an inch different side to side...
by chopper_boy007
Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:23 pm
Forum: Dune Buggy Tech Center
Topic: Refitting hood- high on one side
Replies: 11
Views: 5329

Refitting hood- high on one side

G'day folks, Been rebuilding my Manx Mk1, and getting round to fitting the hood. As a test fit, with the car fully levelled, if I line up the hood at the nose end, then level the hood at the dashboard end (spirit level across the top), there's a difference in the height of the rear dash corner above...