Buttercups facelift ....

v8guy

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I apollogise now for the lack of pics but there are some at the end :oops: First stage of the face lift where the clear lenses a nice and easy transformation. Second stage is the bonnet scoop which needed some therapy including drilling out the old bolts and rethreading, also bare metaling a few nice coats of etch followed by some high build and finally a guide coat. Left for 6 weeks before flatting back for a nice smooth even finish. It was then a case of waiting till my boy could paint it for me which happened yesterday :) so today was about making a template, those cereal boxes come in handy :LOL: once made I positioned it on the bonnet with masking tape underneath and marked out where to drill the holes. Now I also cut out a H shape in the middle of the scoop area in front of the intake snout of the box, the plan here was to fold the top end up into the scoop and the other end down towards the snout. I smoothed off the edges then used the rubber seal from a spare number plate plinth to go over the edges and sealed these on to give a nice finish. To stop any water traveling up the scoop in the rain, I marked out a V and built up a wall of clear sealer this would then trap any water traveling up the scoop and channel it out the side slits and not into my air box. So I'm hoping that I will have more air circulation under my bonnet to aid cooling and air intake into the carbs...here are the pics of the finished result......

Stage three off the face lift to follow.....

Thank you to Roly for bringing the scoop to Enfield Pagent and the sale :D
 

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Looks tough Guy! I like the udea of using the spare number plate plinth rubber bead around the hole in the bonnet, might try that on mine too. I'm guessing the third pic shows the rain baffle you describe, but I can't quite make it out in detail. How is it attached? Rivets? I don't suppose you could oblige with some sharper photos, as I need to come up with something to keep the rainwater out of my airfilter too? Hope you can help.
 
mrtask said:
I'm guessing the third pic shows the rain baffle you describe, but I can't quite make it out in detail. How is it attached? Rivets? I don't suppose you could oblige with some sharper photos, as I need to come up with something to keep the rainwater out of my airfilter too? Hope you can help.

Mr T, the first 3 pics are of the hole in the bonnet, at differing angles I will try and get some clearer pics and post them up for you and also a pic of the V shaped water defender/gutter near the front of the scoop made of clear sealer so no drilling or riveting, will find out how well or if it works ok next time im out driving in the rain which will probably be tomorrow :roll: as we seam to have gone back 3-4 months weather wise :( and I have a show to attend :)
 
Hans said:
Looks good Guy , succes with the rain test

Pleased to report that the sealer 'V' wall in the scoop works perfectly water was leaving the scoop through the slits in the side and no water made it into the engine area...

A couple of pics inside the scoop for Mr T....
 

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Thanks for those photos Guy. That is really ingenious, no drilling required, nor glueing, I reckon that's a very good idea. Pray tell, what exact product did you use? I reckon I'm going to have a go at that myself, so it would be helpful to know what kind of substance I'll need to source. Is that some sort of silicon seam sealer, like say the sort of stuff used to seal around the edge of a bathtub against a tiled wall? I just wonder whether it'll stay attached at higher speeds? I can imagine it coming unstuck, as the painted surface of the bonnet is very shiny.

So Guy, what's your surname then, Softy, or Whippy? :roll: Sorry.

Here's a question for the really knowledgeable P6 Sages out there (Mr York, I'm thinking of you sir!); I've heard (although I can't remember where, probably on here) that after withdrawing from the US market Rover offered a small number of cars in the UK adorned with some if not all the trinkets from the NADA cars. If they were Series Two cars with the two bonnet bulges, and therefore only the one long central scoop, did they also have the corresponding 'Ram-Air' intake into the air filter cannister?
 
Series 2 suffix 'A' 3500 autos that were fitted with air-con were the ones fitted with the single air scoop. They did also have the Nada style ram-air, air filter housing, complete with ducting that ran down to the r/h/s exhaust manifold.
I dismantled one of these cars a few years back, UXC 911J, which was a white car with ebony interior.
 
Mr T, I used Evostik clear silicon sealer anti mould so very similar stuff to the bathroom sealer, I can report back on how it copes at speed when I'm able to break the 70mph speed limit but seems ok at 70mph so far......

BTW I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours :LOL: :LOL:
 
Ok yesterday drove 12 junctions of M25 at speeds in excess of the norm :wink: don't want to incriminate myself too much cough cough and the scoop worked very well indeed but realised that the bonnet was under tention so before heading back I lifted the bonnet and removed the thick rubber seal at the back and this had the desired affect off allowing the excess air under the bonnet to escape thus depending the pressure on the bonnet from underneath. Not sure if it feels more responsive or if I'm dreaming it but I don't suppose its doing any harm. And the silicon sealer water dispurcer is still intact after over an hour of high speed driving :mrgreen:
 
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