Hey,
I need to drill all the body trim holes forward of the Tiger script on my Mk 1. That would be the holes for the forward side chrome and the holes for the Sunbeam letters across the front of the car. Missdrilling would be bad but by a small amount would be even worse as the holes would be unusable as is and would make redrilling close by an unusable mess. I have a plastic template for the letters that someone sent me, but I mocked it on a strip of wood and two of the letters were a bit off and there was no good way to oriente the template on the car. I remember someone posting lengthwise measurements for the chrome strip somewhere long ago, but lost in the ozone again. Eyeing it straight with the existing pieces will probably be the ultimate arbiter of up and down placement, but maybe a better way?
With all the front end mishaps (big engine, bad brakes!) over the years, I'm sure others have faced this little restoration problem before. Does anyone have suggestions or past procedures that worked out well? I'm close to paint and this is holding things up. Thanks !!
Chris
I need to drill all the body trim holes forward of the Tiger script on my Mk 1. That would be the holes for the forward side chrome and the holes for the Sunbeam letters across the front of the car. Missdrilling would be bad but by a small amount would be even worse as the holes would be unusable as is and would make redrilling close by an unusable mess. I have a plastic template for the letters that someone sent me, but I mocked it on a strip of wood and two of the letters were a bit off and there was no good way to oriente the template on the car. I remember someone posting lengthwise measurements for the chrome strip somewhere long ago, but lost in the ozone again. Eyeing it straight with the existing pieces will probably be the ultimate arbiter of up and down placement, but maybe a better way?
With all the front end mishaps (big engine, bad brakes!) over the years, I'm sure others have faced this little restoration problem before. Does anyone have suggestions or past procedures that worked out well? I'm close to paint and this is holding things up. Thanks !!
Chris
