Bonnet bird measurements

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Bonnet bird measurements

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Just incase anyone needs these measurements.....

Along the centre line of the bonnet
12" 5/32" from the top edge of the chrome bar for the front hole then,
10" 33/64" further back for the second hole.

It also says to drill the holes at 3/8" seems too big to me though :?:

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Thanks for that - will save a lot of 'trial and error' fitment! :oops:
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Glad I could help :wink:
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Better late than never 8 ) 8 )
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There was someone looking on fb/ ek Facebook site earlier today. 😀
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Brett027 wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:10 pm There was someone looking on fb/ ek Facebook site earlier today. 😀
That's why I posted the pics, i looked on the forum and the links had broken , couldn't find the thread on my phone using Tapatalk but found this one so I thought good enough ......
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Harv wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:24 pm viewtopic.php?f=30&t=16572

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Yeah , that one ......... :ebiggrin:
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Thanks to @ekspcl and @blacky for variously sharing the measurements and the scanned instructions.

One thing that I find with these cars is the need to frequently deal with bonkers-sounding dimensions like "12 and 5/32" and "10 and 33/64" as opposed to clean dimensions like 309 mm and 267 mm. I realize that the cars were based on imperial dimensions, but nonetheless I find the dimensions hilarious. It also means that I need to find my father's old imperial tape measure, which I usually don't keep close to hand. In contrast, where it concerns finding and using imperial drill bits, I find the dimensions utterly frustrating. Sometimes the fractions are easy to compare (e.g. 3/8 is clearly larger than 1/4) but sometimes the fractions are maddening. How about this - Which is bigger 13/17 or 16/21? This combination hasn't occurred yet, but I am waiting for it to arise somewhere in the depths of the workshop manual.

Reminds me of railway station platform 9 and 3/4 in the Harry Potter story.
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be carefull calling them bonnet birds, i copped a drilling on facebook from some old fart rivet counter on they are not called bonnet birds they're bonnet emblems and only the uneducated call them bonnet birds :roll:
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avm wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:15 pm. How about this - Which is bigger 13/17 or 16/21?
13/17 is a poofteenth of an inch bigger than 16/21.

Wait till you find out there are both imperial and US gallons… :mrgreen:

They are bonnet birds… or bonnet budgies…. there is a photo here somewhere of Mr Black doing a good imitation on the bonnet of the Rattler.

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Wow, this is an old thread , some near on forgotten names on here.

Harv you mean this one ??
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:ebiggrin:

Yep, that’s the one.

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Re: Bonnet bird measurements

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Its really easy,

If you can use the computer then you can look up the conversion on Google.

I grew up mid flight with these measurements at school, one day imperial next day metric, and yes it can make your head hurt !!

Heres my bird !
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