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Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 21, 2003, 08:01:19 AM

Only got the bonnet back late yesterday  arvo and I'm pretty pleased with the results tho don't ask me to to do it again!:b2 I just have to align it a little better and it's done......finally!;)
http://www.members.optushome.com.au/vette77/Brutus.pics/DCP_0918.JPG
http://www.members.optushome.com.au/vette77/Brutus.pics/DCP_0921.JPG
http://www.members.optushome.com.au/vette77/Brutus.pics/DCP_0924.JPG

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Scott81 on March 21, 2003, 08:49:05 AM

I was just about to post these for you, your pretty fast for an old fart :22  Looks very nice!

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Adam on March 21, 2003, 09:02:08 AM

EXCELLENT! Does this mean we'll be seeing you on the Charmhaven run on the 29th?

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 21, 2003, 09:07:12 AM

No, I doubt that I'll be able to make it on the day. I start back at work on the 29th.
Btw, I saw your letter about our Fox Studio's show in this month's Street Machine.

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Adam on March 21, 2003, 11:35:11 PM

oh geez, I didnt think theyd print it!

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 22, 2003, 10:35:31 AM

They certainly did. Looks like you're now our official contact with Street Machine magazine.

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: johnny86convert on March 22, 2003, 09:04:02 PM

hey  brutus  sure  dose  look  better  than  when  I  saw  it  at  cronulla  mate,,,big  congrats  ;););)

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 23, 2003, 09:19:51 AM

Thanks. I'm quite pleased with the way it ended up. Now I have to fit the mesh to the openings to finish it off. I fitted the rubber seal yesterday with some double sided tape that my son (the auto upholsterer) had. It's way better than using contact adhesive.

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: 69 DIRTY RAT on March 23, 2003, 10:02:20 AM

HOW DOES THE ENGINE FEEL,DO YOU THINK IT FEELS LIKE MORE HORSES WITH THE COLD AIR INTAKE?

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 23, 2003, 10:48:33 AM

Next project...making up a dedicated cold air induction set up. I noticed a nifty K&N air cleaner element in Street Machine that is flat and should work nicely with the scoop opening. All I have to do is design and build an air cleaner to suit! Sounds so simple doesn't it! :b2
I might try to incorporate it with an idea I have for a cold air induction I was thinking about making before I fitted the scoop.
And here's me thinking I was gonna do some work on the house this year and leave the Vette alone!;30

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 24, 2003, 09:11:58 PM

Here's a full sized shot that shows the scoop pretty well, but the angle of the pic makes it look shorter than it actually is. Looks better in person.;);27;)
(http://www.members.optushome.com.au/vette77/Brutus.pics/DCP_0940.JPG)

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: 69 DIRTY RAT on March 24, 2003, 09:35:01 PM

LOOKS GOOD!LOOKS LIKE ITS MENT TO BE!

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 24, 2003, 09:40:22 PM

Ta....I'm tossing around the idea of painting some GT stripes over the middle of the car, but blending them into and around the scoop on the front as well as the filler cap on the back. I thought that silver stripes along with similar coloured sidepieps might look cool. I just wish I had some way of seeing my designs on the computer first. I'm not up with Photoshop unfortunately.

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on March 24, 2003, 11:01:13 PM

Brutus, that's a fantastic job on that scoop! I remember you had some doubts about how to finish it in the early parts of the project but that does look natural so again congrats !!

As for Street Machine, Jeff Seddon is the editor's name and is fairly receptive to reader's letters. He especially has a soft spot for Corvettes. He can be contacted on jseddon@acp.com.au or (02) 92639742.

I spoke to him ealier this year regarding a 50th anniversary spread for Corvettes but they'd already had the Fox article planned so we missed out.

Also, let me know if you wish me to do any graphic mock up for you on the GT stripes with this pic and re post.

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Ausrs on March 24, 2003, 11:01:59 PM

dont do it !!!!!!!!!

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on March 24, 2003, 11:14:30 PM

too late ......
(http://www.ement.com/Photo/BrutusYlwb.jpg)

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 25, 2003, 12:04:37 PM

Hey Rebel thanks for the stripes...it's beginning to look like I had envisaged it. Now is it possible to put a thin blue or charcoal pinstripe down the outside of the silver ones and reduce the gap between them on the roof and the rear deck to the same as the front? A little closer there would be good too. Great job so far.;35

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on March 25, 2003, 11:06:03 PM

updated! Also, had you noticed the side pipes ... ?

personally, dump the blue pins .....

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 26, 2003, 12:08:56 PM

Yep I noticed the pipes thank you.........nice touch. Even tho those pinstripes look over the top I do envisage them to be a lot thinner and not touching the silver stripes. Having said that tho I'll probably go with a charcoal pinstripe and see how that looks.
Thanks for your help too. It certainly made a difference in convincing my missus that they would look ok on the car.

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on March 26, 2003, 09:47:44 PM

no prob! Always happy to help a man be understood by his missus ..... ;laugh

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 26, 2003, 11:11:50 PM

I'm not even sure I want to dwell on the possible connotations behind that statement.:22

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on March 27, 2003, 04:38:49 PM

Quote

It certainly made a difference in convincing my missus that they would look ok on the car.

;laugh;laugh

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on March 31, 2003, 02:40:37 AM

Any chance we can go back to the stage before the blue pinstripes please?

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on March 31, 2003, 09:29:47 PM

.. ask and we shall receive ....

(http://www.ement.com/photo/Brutus%20Ylw.jpg)

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on April 01, 2003, 01:03:53 AM

Thank you kind sir....now hopefully I'm not stretching the friendship too much by requesting a slight change, but would you mind doing the stripes in black for me as well as black sidepipes? This was my original theme but was decried by the missus. I just want to see how it would look. Maybe I'll get my way yet.:b2
Thanks.

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: johnny86convert on April 01, 2003, 08:57:35 PM

Brutus  sure  do  like  just  the  plain  white  stripes  and  if  anyone  was  at  the  canberra  extravaganza  in  maybe  98,99,  I'm  hopless  with  dates a  guy  traillered a  very ,  very  rare  1969,70 factory  original  427/500hp  vette  he  was  selling  $110,000.00  won  off  only  215  in  the  world but  it  had  MAT  BLACK  side  pipes  on a  silver  vette,  they  looked  sensational.?????????;););)

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on April 01, 2003, 10:20:36 PM

... you know this kind of reminds me of the time my wife wanted to re arrange the living room ... ;-)


(http://www.ement.com/Photo/Brutus%20Ylwblk.jpg)

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on April 02, 2003, 12:53:22 AM

Yeah, but this is more fun.
 Thanks.:22

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on April 02, 2003, 11:15:18 AM

No problem. For what it's worth, I like the silver and the black.

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on April 03, 2003, 08:46:39 PM

So don't leave us hangin' mate ... which one's d'ya go for .... ?

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on April 08, 2003, 08:05:34 AM

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on April 08, 2003, 03:33:47 PM

maybe we should ask your wife for a decision .... ;laugh

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: johnny86convert on April 08, 2003, 04:15:38 PM

REBEL..............TO BE  CREATIVE  LET  IT  FLOW,IF  YOU  THINK  ABOUT  IT  TO  MUCH YOU'LL  CONSTIPATE  THE  WHOLE  PROCESS...NOEL  COWARD    ;););););)............................BY  THE  WAY  HOWS  YOUR  74  GOING??

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: Brutus on April 08, 2003, 09:31:26 PM

Quote

Originally posted by rebel
maybe we should ask your wife for a decision .... ;laugh

HA!.....surely you jest!:22

Title: More bonnet scoop pics
Post by: rebel on April 08, 2003, 10:30:55 PM

JH,

"The way to achievement is by one path only, Actionable First Steps!!" - Anestis Mantzouranis

Also,

"A Vision is simply a dream unless you decide today to action that vision into reality" - Anestis Mantzouranis

Also,

"If you can Conceive it, Then you must Create it, So that in Fulfillment, You can Experience It" - Anestis Mantzouranis

And finally one from the greatest master of all ....

"Activity without purpose is the drain to a life of fulfillment" - Anthony Robbins (my mentor)

:):)

My '74 goes well ... check my next post !!