From morgans-owner@autox.team.net Mon Sep 4 15:04:44 2006 From: "John T. Blair" To: morgans@autox.team.net Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:50:49 -0400 Subject: Air Scoop I'm in the process of building a scoop for the radiator of my Morgan. And I've got a couple of questions for those that have done it. I'm using .066 (1/16") aluminumn. I was wondering what those of you that have made one, made them out of? The only thing I'm really worried about is that this will add 1/8" to the width at the bottom of the nose. There appears to be enough play there to get it in. How did you fasten it to the valances? Did you drill a whole near the top of the valance near the radiator and then use the mounting holes for the little pan that the bottom of the grill attaches to? TIA John John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net Va. Beach, Va (eBay id: zebra48-1) Phone: (757) 495-8229 48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1106) 75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III 65 Rambler Classic Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan Bricklin: www.bricklin.org If you can read this - Thank a teacher! If you are reading it in English - Thank a Vet!! /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive From morgans-owner@autox.team.net Tue Sep 5 07:57:00 2006 From: Nelson & Linda Warner To: "John T. Blair" Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:45:19 -0400 Subject: Re: Air Scoop John, I used 3/16" aluminum, because that's what I had, and semi followed Cutherbert's scoop, pg. 52 "A Yank at Malvern". I rolled the leading edges using a 1/4" aluminum rod, again because that's what I had. I attached it about half way up the valances, 1, 10-20 bolt on each side and between the cowl box and the valances using the existing bolts. Don't forget the Loctite. Because Ol'Blu came with a crank I punched a hole in the scoop, so I can use the crank when setting the valves. I used to use the crank to start the engine when the lucas lump was flat. Nelson YWA The road goes on forever ... On Sep 4, 2006, at 5:50 PM, John T. Blair wrote: > I'm in the process of building a scoop for the radiator of my Morgan. > And I've got a couple of questions for those that have done it. > > I'm using .066 (1/16") aluminum. > > I was wondering what those of you that have made one, made them out of? > > The only thing I'm really worried about is that this will add 1/8" to > the > width at the bottom of the nose. There appears to be enough play there > to get it in. > > How did you fasten it to the valances? Did you drill a whole near the > top > of the valance near the radiator and then use the mounting holes for > the > little pan that the bottom of the grill attaches to? > > TIA > > John /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive From morgans-owner@autox.team.net Tue Sep 5 10:26:09 2006 From: BristolBul@aol.com To: lnwarner@comcast.net, morgans@autox.team.net Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:20:07 EDT Subject: Re: Air Scoop (chappell) i did a very simple job used .040 dural, easy to bend into desired shape wedged it into the cracks between radiator and surrounding metal parts only two screws at the front in back of grill looks fine, good as any dave chappell /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive