The Renegade I'm helping with will be going away for the winter, being stored in a car port. It's going to need a waterproof cover as the car port is open. Any recommendations? It's going to his Dads house, and has to look 'tidy', no blue tarps 😁

Did this in the end. There's a strap or bar that will go across the back of the speedo to hold it in.

Think I've messed up on this, I've made the hole big enough to put the speedo bezel all the way through the dash from behind, so the after market gauge bracket idea won't work because the gauge has to go in from the front for that to work. Looks like I'll be glassing it up and starting again..

Quote from: buggypete on October 19, 2023, 06:20:18 AM
Always make sure you have clearance for the wiper motor,check the full sweep not just when it's stopped,alloy can wipers have more clearance than later round motor types

Luckily he's decided to not run a screen, so no wipers 👍

However, when he changes his mind, I'll use a Lucas remote wiper motor.

Did this in the end.  Column was shortened 50mm, and I cut off the old mount and added a smaller one that will fit through the hole in the dash for the column. Oh, and just worked out how to reply 'and' post pics 😁

Thanks for the help all, much appreciated

Quote from: snoopy on October 17, 2023, 07:46:21 PM
bond 2 studs onto the rear of the dash or cut the tags off and fit a large jubilee type clip around the speedo up against the dash.

The stud idea was what I was going to do, until I realised that I'd made the tabs flush with the back of the dash, so glasses in studs would set it back, and leave a gap all the way around the Speedo.

I read about the jubilee clip idea on the SAMBA, think that's probably what I'm going to have to do

Need to use the stock bug speedo with the two tabs on each side. I've cut a hole, but what now? Easy option would be two bolts though the dash, but that would look horrible. Any ideas?

Can't figure out this forum on my phone,can only find quick reply with no pic post option, and pics are on my phone!
Anyway, I ended up making a frame for the dash, like the regular gp style rxvept you can't do that because of the way the dash/bonnet lays on top of the body. Took a while to figure out,but got there.
I then took 50mm out of the column, removed the stock mounting bracket, and opened up the fast to take the shroud. I need to add another mount to the column and make a corresponding bracket on the frame to secure the column. I thought about the y bolt idea, but the column tube is really thin, and was concerned about the strength and crushing it with the u bolt.

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Quote from: neilswheels on September 15, 2023, 03:36:02 PM
just found this, an old post from me..
https://www.beachbuggy.info/index.php?topic=14382.0
So, Apal jet bonnet, are they available?

Apals came from Belgium so not too many in this country. I guess you could convert the current bonnet to take a regular flat screen with some fibreglass work, a bit like how Dave DND converted his Hustler GT.

Orininal Renegades had an Anglia screen in a surround bent from aluminum extrusions, later ones had a fibreglass moulding like the one pictured but I'm guessing the moulds are long since lost, along with the Renegade moulds themselves.

I do have a fiberglass surround, but there's no way it will hold a screen, its more like some sort of 'cover' for a frame, but its all open at the back, nothing to close it with.

I was looking at extrusion that is made for boats (I think the original extrusions used on the original gp's etc was marine extrusion) but not successfully found anything that would work.

There is also an Anglia screen in a metal frame, apparently made by a 'blacksmith' at some point.  Do you have any idea how the fiberglass screen cover worked originally? (I assumed the one on the red renegade above was ally, but looking at it again, it could be a fiberglass one)

just found this, an old post from me..
https://www.beachbuggy.info/index.php?topic=14382.0
So, Apal jet bonnet, are they available?

After a screen frame for a Renegade, if any one knows of anything?

sorted now, thanks

I was thinking I should do that, just seems really odd that the mount is that far out..

Quote from: snoopy on September 15, 2023, 08:51:32 AM
Here is the new add photo tool not the old icon, so get posting

Thanks for that, how do I open anew post as opposed to a quick reply, which doesn't have the add pic link... or did I miss it?