Flip-front. Legal in Oz?

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Originally Posted by Brisso57

Many vehicles had flip-forward bonnets:

Jaguars
Triumph Heralds / Vitesses / (GT6's?)

It might be better to rethink the concept to flip that way.

A bit more laterally ... perhaps it'd be possible to leave the bonnet in standard configuration and just engineer an arrangement to make the mudguards (wings) easier to remove/refit.

Doug

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Sounds like a much better idea. I have seen a landie where the bonnet and guards flipped forward.

Welding captive nuts to the rad support panel would make the guards a lot easier to remove. Also, I made custom inner guards (small pieces that run between the guard and the footwell), so that they are only bolted at the bottom (they just have a u-shaped section at the top which fits over the bracket on the guard)

I remember seeing a flip forward conversion story on a north american site about 8 or 9 years ago. It would seem to make a lot more sense as the one referred to here looks like it would be pretty hard to access the side of the engine through the wheel arch!

Andrew

as far as i am aware if the vehicle is on a full chassis stuctural integrity is not affected be different go for it