Bonnet vents part deux....

Apologies that the blog has been so quiet but with Xmas and freezing weather there's not been much opportunity to crack on. That said I managed to get a bit of spare time today and did a few minor jobs that I could quickly get out of the way.

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....