<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It's been done, Dave Massey. IIRC, the TR Register (UK) forum had a thread 10+ years ago on how an apron was converted to front-hinged.. I'm not going hunting for it though -- it offends the originalist in me. :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On the same general subject, I saw this ugly-a$$ sidescreen TR in Monaco during Grand Prix weekend a few years ago (2017, I think). Not exactly a full tilt, but kind of a goofy mod for the work that would have been involved.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Europe/Monaco-Grand-Prix/n-BmXdxg/2017-05-24-29-MGP-all/i-GPTfGNk/0/Mph67kVfNhDV3RQZdvpcVMXb7Gs9B26vTf2m9WVf6/X5/IMG_3415-X5.jpg">https://photos.smugmug.com/Europe/Monaco-Grand-Prix/n-BmXdxg/2017-05-24-29-MGP-all/i-GPTfGNk/0/Mph67kVfNhDV3RQZdvpcVMXb7Gs9B26vTf2m9WVf6/X5/IMG_3415-X5.jpg</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Europe/Monaco-Grand-Prix/n-BmXdxg/2017-05-24-29-MGP-all/i-fDhdJ57/0/M7W4nRn7dHxnm4DVTGjtdp5DfrknFCjdvBLLggcDQ/X5/IMG_3416-X5.jpg">https://photos.smugmug.com/Europe/Monaco-Grand-Prix/n-BmXdxg/2017-05-24-29-MGP-all/i-fDhdJ57/0/M7W4nRn7dHxnm4DVTGjtdp5DfrknFCjdvBLLggcDQ/X5/IMG_3416-X5.jpg</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Europe/Monaco-Grand-Prix/n-BmXdxg/2017-05-24-29-MGP-all/i-VMstHKQ/0/MmNLNTn7RCc9bTKKND6jvZqqZgBtX6fbVsgGj9QDV/X5/IMG_3417-X5.jpg">https://photos.smugmug.com/Europe/Monaco-Grand-Prix/n-BmXdxg/2017-05-24-29-MGP-all/i-VMstHKQ/0/MmNLNTn7RCc9bTKKND6jvZqqZgBtX6fbVsgGj9QDV/X5/IMG_3417-X5.jpg</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">I didn't see any responses to this so I guess no one has done this. I did see a TR3 in France that was set up like a Spitfire where the hood, nose piece and fenders were all hard connected together and hinged at the front. Is that what you mean or do you want the nose piece to fold out separate from the hood like a clamshell?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Either way, I'm no help. I'm an electrical guy. Sheet metal work is all magic to me.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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<p><span style="color:black">Does anyone have any info about hinging the front nosepiece? I know it involves some decisions about the front bumper.
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