(14-11-2018, 09:45 PM)Douglas Alderson Wrote: Hi any tips on making a hood bag, looking at the image in the handbook below it looks quite simple, I hope.A strap was fitted to one bracket on the AD when I got it, and it might just be original. It is ~ 12" long by 5/8" wide with a plated (well, remains of plating!) 1" buckle with a roller. The buckle is retained by a folded over flap with a bifurcated rivet holding it in place.The thing that makes me think it might be original is that there is a single hole with a brass eyelet 10" from the buckle pin. In other words it is not a generic "dog collar" strap, but made specifically for the job, with a reinforced hole in the right place. OK the sketch shows the "dog collar" style, but.....
Googling Chummy Hood Bag I found some images in Photo Bucket uploaded by Brian Hutchings.
Hood Bag
These help but I then note that there are two additional straps to hold the bag down, I guess or it acts as an air break (not that the car is going that fast). Do other have these straps?
Thanks
I am intending to get a couple made up by a belt maker.
Unfortunately the later AG tourer I have uses a different strap arrangement I think. It has a "lift a dot" screwed into the bracket, so I will have to make up a canvas strap I think.
I too am interested in Hood bag dimensions!
David