deck lid

IIRC, There is a left and a right hinge and if you have them reversed they will contact the fan shroud. It could be a different issue but that is one of them.

Wish is was that

That does look close.  Mine just hit either side with same shroud.  I flipped the hinges  like Robert M said and that made the distance between the greater and they no longer hit. Mine are mounted at edge of the rain shield.  I also put them on outside of hinges which gave another 1" distance between 2 hinges.  I think only shroud that is lower might be a puma shroud.

Mine is mounted completely opposite from the build manual.  (It says plastic mounting bracket - mine are steel).

Maybe use a shim or spacer??

Some have ground the hinge so that it has more clearance.  It doesn't look great though plus is weaker.

Perhaps someone has them loose and can trace them on some 1/4" graph paper and send you a scan?  Vintage parts has the front support and front bumper pieces. 

All good suggestions above and I will add one more.  A 36hp fan shroud will give you a little more clearance for the hinges.

https://www2.cip1.com/ProductD...ode=ACC%2DC10%2D5985

Thanks, I think it will make a big difference.



bill

If you're going to put a round 36hp shroud on the engine- consider the 1 with the doghouse (for the late model offset oil cooler) on the backside-

https://www.cip1.ca/ProductDet...ode=ACC%2DC10%2D5987

Note that in the product description it states it is the doghouse unit and also uses the wider (more cfm) late fan.

Hope this helps.  Al

PS- and before you mount the hinges- drill some holes in them- it'll look bitch'n!

Many here (myself included) have the OEM shroud on the car. I actually switched mine from an aftermarket 36 hp style unit (which looks more vintage accurate) to the OEM shroud and cylinder tin as recommended by Gene Berg's literature. Thank God I never had a problem; maybe my hinges were filed down at VS when they built the car?

Could you measure the distance between hinges? Also it looks like the body may be lower on my project.



bill

Hi Bill,

I have a CMC speedster built in the late 80`s. Here's a picture of my hinges. The measurement is outside to outside of the hinge. Hope this helps.

Thanks, could you send a picture that I can see the underside of the lid with the hinges?



Thanks



bill

Here's a picture. Can you post some pictures of your car. I would like to see it.

I took the body off today to fire up the engine and do some work on the pan. I will send pictures when I put it back on. The body was never fastened and a lot of the preparation of the pan was not very good and for some reason the pan was shortened forward of the emergency brake instead of at the rear of the pan and then thy moved the shifter towards the rear of the emergency brake but its to far aft. So some welding and move the shifter and maybe make the emergency brake go away and use a line lock. Will send pictures of my mess and then some when the body is ready to go on. The cutout on your engine lid is different then mine and allows the hingers to be far enough apart to not hit the fan shroud, so some glass work to extend the mounting area for the hinges outward. Thanks for the picture it helps explain why I have interference problems.

bp

Also did you make the brackets for the bulkhead where the hinges attach? I need to make or buy some.



bp

Don't use a line lock, it's not reliable. It's also cheesy and kit-car-shade-tree at its worst.

It's also not a legal parking brake in many states.

@DannyP posted:

Don't use a line lock, it's not reliable. It's also cheesy and kit-car-shade-tree at its worst.

It's also not a legal parking brake in many states.

I agree with Danny- the mechanical brake system is there for a reason, and just because the lawmakers in some states didn't have the common sense (I want to say more but I'm biting my tongue here) to require a working emergency/parking brake (like pretty much everywhere else on this planet) doesn't mean you should just eliminate it.  It's a safety thing.

A linelock is installed in the front brake system for doing burnouts.

Wow! If the chassis has been butchered like that you might want to consider using another one. By not shortening the pan the way it is supposed to it might bring on more than a few problems down the line.