I mentioned before that I had a plan to make the new bonnet vents flush. I removed the vents I bought after marking out the shape neatly in the bonnet....
I then smoothed off the edges which will eventually have some fibreglass resin/gel put on them to stop the edge deteriorating. The stainless mesh I bought will be sprayed satin black and bonded from underneath ....
Below you can see where this will vent and with the new polo rad going in there will no longer be any fouling from the Escorts rad cap.....
On the subject of the Polo rad I have made up some brackets from 3mm steel and given them a coat of Hammerite. I will write a more detailed post on the rad fitting as a complete article when I get round to that bit....
