fiberglass bonnet on a steel frame

[ade]

A few people have asked how i made the bonnet , Should have posted this up a while ago but have been so busy with the new unit.
I wanted to keep the clean lines off the body so wanted the bonnet to operate as normal without bonnet pins.
To keep the strength i decided to deskin a normal bonnet and fiberglass the frame to the fiberglass bonnet , I should have took a few more pics along the way off the skin removed but forgot



finished article

[Jon-HPF]

Very good Ade , how did you "glue" the frame to the skin? Any special adesive , or did you eventually lay glass fibre over the frame?
cheers jon

[ade]

Glued it together with some good silicon from work first and then left it over night to dry.
Then poured fiberglass resin into all the gaps around the edges , it was a bit messy but seemed to work ok

[phil dawson]

Looks good Ade, you did a good job.
I'm still waiting to hear from fibreglasser who is building one for me.

Phil

[Spence]

good job there ade! my bonnets to good to cut up for that tho