I had always liked the engine turned stainless steel dash board. These are available from Melvyn Rutter near Bishops Stortford, so seemed like a good idea for a little trip from St Albans. Unfortunately, a thunder cloud followed me from Hertford onwards so needed the wet weather gear. At least my co-pilot Max was warm and cozy with the tonneau cover on. Anyway, quick job to fit and the result can be seen below. I like it - it fits well with Hugh's bespoke aluminium cover for the steering column and the Moto Lita steering wheel.
To occupy my day I decided to mount the two new mufflers that I have for several months I made a matrix diameter of the tube to be mounted (61,1mm) I think going to work with public transport until the end of the week, the noise has become spooky in cities, especially in acceleration up to more than 5000trm, I go silent exhaust coming Saturday. with these exhausts the problems of ignition and tranmission rattling noise also disappears and the power increases.
Neil, it's a Fairbourne screen but with added bits (from my Hertsmog thread:
Originally Posted By Tim W
Krazy Horse fitted the Fairbourne windscreen to Thumper, but I was not totally convinced by the fit and finish around the bonnet
The older Morgan's have a metal support for the windscreen, so I thought that duplicating this would be a good way to hide the joint and maybe make it a little more weatherproof. So I got some 20 x1.5 mm stainless steel strip and tortured it into a compound curve using a mangle with gear driven rollers with narrow, deep, slots to restrain the strip in the axis it really wanted to bend. The stainless steel strip put up a valiant fight but was eventually persuaded to bend and actually took on a lazy Z shape from the edges of the rollers. I wouldn't want to make another pair!
The strips were drilled to clear M3 stainless steel Allen screws and attached to the windscreen. The strips look tidier than I expected from behind and the front. I have some self-adhesive rubber strip which could be used to hide the back and make a seal, but I may not bother with them.
Took Thumper out for a spin in the sun and the windscreen worked perfectly....
Tim
I can supply anyone with some stainless steel strip, but I'm afraid the mangle is not up to rolling any more of them!
