DIY Hood Frame

[Geoff Ryall-Harvey]

I want a hood on my Model T Modified. I'd originally adapted an MG B frame to use as a Carson top but I really wanted a folding roof. I decided to use a similar style to the hood on my trike which uses a simple frame that is tensioned by use of Pirelli webbing that connects all the frames and fastens to the back panel. The header bow frame is clamped to the windscreen pillars using thumbscrews (like the Model A setup) but is not physically connected to the rest of frame, it uses webbing again.

All the hardware is now done, I need to make an oak bow, paint it all and add the webbing. I can then make the pattern for the mohair cover.

This set up would work well on a Lomax too.

[Jimmy Cooper]

All good fun eh? Reminds me of the Caterham 7 hood frame. Not a quick fix once caught out in rain what with tensioning the sliding buckles inside to get the hood tight etc but OK if having to head out into rain & time in a garage to prepare it etc.
Fastest I think I did when caught at Le Mans 24hr race (watching not competing ha ha) was about 10 minutes. Just read on-line about a guy doing it for the first time.........................and it took him 45!
Got to be better than my fully open aero screened Lomax 223 in rain. Boy, does rain sting your forehead!!!!

[Mendip.Wursel]

All good fun eh? Reminds me of the Caterham 7 hood frame. Not a quick fix once caught out in rain what with tensioning the sliding buckles inside to get the hood tight etc but OK if having to head out into rain & time in a garage to prepare it etc.
Fastest I think I did when caught at Le Mans 24hr race (watching not competing ha ha) was about 10 minutes. Just read on-line about a guy doing it for the first time.........................and it took him 45!
Got to be better than my fully open aero screened Lomax 223 in rain. Boy, does rain sting your forehead!!!!

The number of times I have told myself it will not rain, and then it does at which point it is too late to erect the hood as it takes too much time and one consequently gets 'totally' soaked. I have now given up on trying to erect my hood when raining and just sit there slowly getting soaked under an umbrella. The joys of open top motoring!!

[Geoff Ryall-Harvey]

Because it uses elasticated webbing to tension it, there's no tensioning to adjust. It stays on the car and just needs pulling over and setting on the windscreen pillars and the thumbscrews tightening up. The work of less than a minute.

Sidescreens are another matter... I think I'll make them from polycarbonate rather than flexible Vybak and have them zip in.