HUP project started at last

[Gordon Yeo]

Jonathan
Your efforts to rebuild the HUP are extraordinary and the preservation of a less common vehicle is to be commended. Could you please post some pictures of the profile the of the re-enforcing channels that support the roof.

Gord

[Jonathan Moore]

Thanks Gordon, very nice of you to say so. I hope that these are ok, obviously deeper sections in the rear and shallower in the front. The worst parts to form, were the radius sections, I tried several methods and in the end made some rollers for a pipe bender. Unfortunately it deformed the centre slightly but it was the best that I could do without press tools.

Regards,

Jonathan

[Gordon Yeo]

Jonathan

Thank you for the pictures. Great work and will watch your progress with great interest.

Gord

[8threcce]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Moore

Thanks Gordon, very nice of you to say so. I hope that these are ok, obviously deeper sections in the rear and shallower in the front. The worst parts to form, were the radius sections, I tried several methods and in the end made some rollers for a pipe bender. Unfortunately it deformed the centre slightly but it was the best that I could do without press tools.

Regards,

Jonathan

Jonathan,
Did you make the actual omegaprofile or did you bend square tube?

[Jonathan Moore]

Hi Pieter,

The hatch size is 51 1/8" x 39 1/8"
The hole is 37 3/4" x 49 3/4"

I made the profiles and then bent them, I tried several methods and that was the best that I could come up with. As you know its a labour of love and HOPEFULLY mine is nearing completion ready for me to start the next one,
ha ha.

Jonathan

[Jonathan Moore]

Progress has been a bit slow but its coming. I have been working on the wiring, which is complete and working now. Its all done with cotton covered wire and to the wiring diagram but I have added a fuse box. The horrible bit of modern wiring, that will be hidden under the steering wheel, is a 12v-6v transformer for the horn. I have connected it with blue connectors so that I can't get the 6v and 12v systems mixed up in the future.

Jon

[8threcce]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Moore

Progress has been a bit slow but its coming. I have been working on the wiring, which is complete and working now. Its all done with cotton covered wire and to the wiring diagram but I have added a fuse box. The horrible bit of modern wiring, that will be hidden under the steering wheel, is a 12v-6v transformer for the horn. I have connected it with blue connectors so that I can't get the 6v and 12v systems mixed up in the future.

Jon

I don't see the mounting of the coil, do you have the coil on the engine.?
My version has a special mounting tray mounted near the rear of the dash..

[Jonathan Moore]

I have bolted my coil to the engine, as it was when I got it but when I was preparing the body for spraying, I found the remains of the coil brackets above the engine on the body frame. To be honest, I am not sure if these brackets were only on an HUW or whether all early C8's had them. Roberts, which is a HUW shown below has the same brackets.

Jon