Bonnet alignment

[merlinart]

There is a gap at rear edge of the bonnet as you will see in the first pic. The second pic shows that the stone guard is off centre where the starting handle goes through. The front of the bonnet is correctly lined up, i.e. it doesn't overlay the edge of the radiator surround, although it could pull back the necessary amount without causing a major issue.

For starters I am inclined to just slacken everything off and wiggle it all about, but suspect that getting one bit right will put another bit out.

All bright ideas gratefully received.

You may notice the nearside headlight is out of alignment. I have adjusted this at the headlight mounting since the pic was taken, although the nearside mudguard does still appear a little higher than its opposite number.

This doesn't help, but I must admire your petrol pumps and signs....you'll make Shed and Buried somewhat jealous! Marvellous stuff!

Now, being new to Sevens though I have Ruby transforming itself into an Ulster Special, I notice the large gap between the sets of louvres in the bonnet sides and I've been comparing louvres on 65s/Nippy/Speedy etc  plus those on Ulsters.

On my Rod Yates body he has made the lower side panels on both sides (I asked him to do likewise on the LHS) with continuous louvres with no wide gap. I've noticed that on some original Ulsters, the LHS at least has the wide gap between sets of louvres, though most repro Ulster specials seem not to have louvres on the LHS. There is a specific picture of the Lord March/SCH Davis Ulster at Brooklands showing louvres on the LHS.

The Ulster at Brooklands, (James Anderton) does not have louvres on the LHS.

Am I asking a silly question....could one have louvres or no louvres in one's bonnets by special order from the agent/factory perhaps?

I like the louvres in the top of the bonnet halves of the Brooklands Ulster and Rod Yates is going to retro punch louvres for me once I've sorted out the actual position of panels etc.

Just an aside....I bought a series of Brooklands autographs on ebay from an autograph album dated Brooklands 1927, and amongst John Cobb, Wolf Barnato, Malcolm Cambell, Kaye Don and other names yet to be deciphered, is SCH Davis, so I'm quite pleased with these. 

Sorry, I've crossed threads slightly here.

Arthur