1948 Triumph Roadster Supercharged plus other stuff…

Haven’t considered replacing it tbh.
It’s not actually flat, has about 3/8 inch bulge in it, but flat would be ok.
I don’t think regs would be a drama.
But I have no idea where I’d get replacements, might do some ringing around the windscreen suppliers.
Thanks for the suggestion.

I've had good results with glass polishing kits.

Thanks for reminding me Mark.
I have an Eastwood kit, and I’d forgotten about the ‘sanding’ discs it contains.





I’ve used them before, so the sticky was kaput, but a bit of spray adhesive worked fine.
And I reckon I’m nearly there as far as this piece of glass goes.





In an attempt to bake the primer on the bonnet, to try and avoid any shrinkage problems, I had them hanging in the sun yesterday.
Like this previous pic, but topcoat on the underside, multiple coats of primer on the topside.





I was inside the shed, polishing glass as it happens, when I heard a loud crash.
Rushed outside to find the frame collapsed and the bonnet halves on the ground.
I thought the worst, they’re aluminium after all.

Carried them inside, cursing the wind.

But once I looked them over, all I could see was a slightly bent corner.





That pic was after I’d straightened and sanded it. Somehow, it never occurred to me to take a photo of them lying on the ground or the damage prior to fixing. I was too cranky.

I was amazed how little damage there was.
A couple of very small scratches on the primer, none on the topcoated underside.

This is the only scratch that didn’t sand out, the smallest amount of filler I’ve ever mixed!







Later on I looked at the frame they'd been hanging on.

It was so unstable, I was stunned.
I’m surprised it hadn’t fallen over previously.

I’ll add some struts or something before I use it outdoors again.

So I gave them yet another coat of primer, and will topcoat in a couple of days hopefully.


Thanks.

Grass as I recall

Now imagine 1/5 of the population and aussie seems a bargain to those of us in NZ!

Been working on the Triumph bonnet.
I was able to sort the few sags and runs that I got in the topcoat.
Used the thin-layer-of-filler method.
This worked well because the naughty bits were on the flat parts of the panels.
I got a couple of small rub thoughs, so I blew some colour over them yesterday afternoon.
They can be hand compounded in a few days.

First off this morning I tapped home the central hinge pin, to rejoin the two bonnet halves.





Then the stainless cover strip was tapped into place.






So then the bonnet could be put in place, very carefully, by myself.
I’m not worried about the bonnet, it’s obviously indestructible, but I was worried about scratching the car…

I had a fiddle around with the CAD and experimented with designs for the corner buffers.





Eventually got some sorted and printed and installed.





I like how they stop the rear corners scratching the paint on the underside of the bonnet when it’s open.







Quite pleased with them.
Which is lucky, because I’ve drilled holes to install them, so they ain't coming off!
Well, hopefully not, anyway.

So it’s pretty much done, it can vacate the workshop and I can get serious about the Tiger.

Thanks for reading and commenting, good for the motivation.