[tonyevans]

Well I have 3 LJ50's to restore and only one Bonnet and it is not real good so I patched it up and have made a mold from it - Just a few bits to patch up (Gel-cote was a bit old ) but I will now be able to make as many as I need that do not have the big rounded corners of most of the fiberglass ones you see.

[jdk81]

Great work!

How much did it cost to make the mold?

And im keen to see how much its costs to make a bonnet.

[atari4x4]

The mold looks awesome, have you done anything like this before tony?

[tonyevans]

@JDK81 - Mold cost about $130 in material and a bonnet will cost about $100 plus a days labor

@ Atari - Many years ago I did a bit but just do a bit now and then when I have a need. And there is always YouTube to catch up on the latest ideas

[atari4x4]

youtube knows everything, i can see there being a bit of demand for these as people are always chasing bonnets, the other one to look into would be grills.

[sideways]

So how much are you selling bonnets for?

[tanshi]

sign me up for a couple tony

[tonyevans]

atari4x4 wrote:

youtube knows everything, i can see there being a bit of demand for these as people are always chasing bonnets, the other one to look into would be grills.

na! I have a few grill so "I'm all right Gus - I mean Jack" But I have thought about them so who Knows? - I am about to go out and see if I can find a good headlight bucket to make a mold from right now.

Sideways - I haven't thought about it?

Tanshi - You will need ones with scoops and built in Roll Bars won't you?

[tanshi]

haha nah just standard ones will be fine

[shiv]

scoops

[tonyevans]

shiv wrote:

Armsup scoops

What's wrong with the 6,000 that are available now?

[greyghost]

tony,

FYI for headlight buckets, i used some from a morris/leyland mini, fits straight in, are worthless and they are available new.
only issue is that they are metal not plastic, so if originality is a concern then another alternative needs to be found

[tanshi]

My 50 has metal ones stock

[tonyevans]

According to people I have talked to in the spare parts game any LJ50's with metal ones have had replacements made but that is what I have been told I don't KNOW that to be true all I know is out of 5 body's I have here all are plastic and all are stuffed.

As far as mini ones are concerned - Not available in my local wreckers as there are none - wreckers that is

Looking at the New mini ones they run between $100 and $200 a pair depending where they come from - Once I have made the mould (Underway now) I can make my own for about $10 each and have them here when I need them - And it's fun

They will be strong and rust proof - something neither of the types available are

[tonyevans]

Got enough pieces of plastic bucket together to make a plug for a mould of the LJ50 headlight bucket.

Can anyone tell me if the same bucket was used in the other LJ's?

[greyghost]

i think the LJ80's used a metal copy of the 50's one, but there is surely a crossover into both