hinged front end

[leaf sprung]

whilst struggling reaching into the engine bay of my series 3 - i was wondering.....

how hard can it be to rivet the wings to the bonnet and have the whole wings/bonnet assembly pivot on the existing bonnet hinges? the only difficulty i can see is fitting an inverted 'u' to steady the wings, and multi-blocks on the lighting.

anybody tried this?

[cy88]

sounds structurally difficult.

Although a Bowler has a bonnet like this.....

[greenlandy]

I've seen a few trialers with a mod similiar to the bowler. It doesn't look to bad and makes access alot easier.

[itsallyellow]

There ar a couple of hinged front ends out there. There was an article on one in lro mag about a year ago.
mike

[100SRV]

I've seen it done on a Series 3 V8 where the bonnet, wings and grille panel hinger forward like an E-type, and on a Series One where it all hinged on the bulkhead. I think that the first method may result in better access because the wings are not likely to be hot by your head when standing up after a peep at the engine!

100SRV