Does anyone have any idea where I can get a pattern or guidelines on how to make a hood??

I have look on the internet with no joy.

any help would be great.

Thanks in advance

Mark

Here's one to get you going ... Link

HTH

There is an article in the new Locost Car Club Mag relating to my ' Flintstones Hood'

Here's the text of the article:

Being a bit of a 'southern jessie' I wanted a hood for my car in case I where caught in bad weather ( in the UK no chance!!!).

The traditional 'Caterham' type design is complicated to make ,expensive to have made ,and you need extra hood irons,it's just not in the 'Locost' tradition, so I got to thinking about a 'Lotus Elise' type small hood using only the screen and the roll bar for supports as in 'Dutton Phaeton'.

I made it in three sections ,a main centre section and two side dart shape pieces to drop down over the top of the sidescreens, they are sewn together and hemmed at he edges ,the rear edge also has another turn up to form a pocket approx 2", this is for the rear tensioning system!!.

The front is fastened by a series of poppers ,the male poppers where already on my 'Caterham ' screen, if you have to fit your own be careful drilling as you may catch the screen glass.

To fasten the rear and keep tension , I used a piece of 3/4" round tubing ,bent to the same shape as my roll hoop, when inserted in the hood pocket this should just sit behind the roll bar with the hood in correct tension.

On this tube I welded two small tags with holes in the protrude through the rear edge of the hood pocket, these are to hook a giant bungee strap ,this then goes down round the spare wheel carrier and back to the hood.

This keeps the hood fabric under steady tension, although the roof span is quite long this works very well and I have no problems regarding the hood flapping about.

Although the rear is open to the elements it is behind your head so you stay dry, if this had been a problem I was going to cut a piece of ' sidescreen window' and fix it to the front of the roll bar with poppers.

With the sidescreens ,lefthand tonneau and hood on it is very cosy in there, sometimes too hot, also depending on your size you will have to practise getting in and out!!!!

But once your in you can pretend you are at Le Mans.

When not in use it rolls up and sits on top of the fuel tank under the tonneau.


IT's quite easy to make and works well...............Car Build Diary at :www.locostcar.co.uk

[Edited on 15/9/08 by Surrey Dave]

Thanks for the article Dave.

Cheers

Chris

Looks great i was dreading getting one made, i will definately be making one of those!