A trick I've sometimes used with GRP is to shine a strong light behind
the object which shines through the gelcoat of the GRP and shows
exactly where to mark (if that makes sense) - May be useful?
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*From:* Hamish Freeman <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:03 PM
*Subject:* RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 towbar
Hi,
Yes – I cut a hole the ”exact” size of the drawbar in the bumper.
This required some judicious marking out followed by a pilot hole
in the middle of the area of the proposed aperture. Remember the
old adage ”measure twice (or more!) and cut only once” to avoid an
unsightly gaping hole around the drawbar. It is possible to
project the edge of the drawbar back onto the inside of the bumper
with a piece of flat steel held inside the flange and this helps a
lot.. It is the exact height that takes a bit of judgement but
the advice here is to assemble the drawbar without the bumper and
reference its position off something that will be accessible once
the bumper is in place. Apologies if this is “teaching you to
suck eggs” but I have seen some really bad examples in the past
from thse who should know better.
The reason I changed the drawbar was to avoid it being too high
and too far away from the car as the drawbar holes on mine were 12
mm, a challenge to drill with a low powered drill whilst my Bosch
Li-Ion drill tends to snap 10 mm drills if they snag and will not
accept 12 mm.
Good luck!
Hamish
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *M SMITH
*Sent:* 21 July 2011 05:57
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 towbar
Hi Hamish,
just wondering about some detail on your tow
bar... when it was fitted did
you have to modify thr rear bumper to allow installation tks
Andy
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From: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 towbar
To: [email protected]
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Date: Saturday, 16 July, 2011, 13:26
Hi,
It came out of the local amenity tip so no details! Sorry
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From: M SMITH <[email protected]
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Sent: July 16, 2011 7/16/11
To: [email protected]
<http://uk.mc861.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 towbar
Hi Hamish,
thanks for your information regarding the tow
bar issue, im hoping
to do a bit more camping and use a small trailer. Do you
happen to know
what year of Mondeo the tow bar came from Tks Andy
--- On Thu, 14/7/11, Hamish Freeman <[email protected]
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wrote:
From: Hamish Freeman <[email protected]
<http://uk.mc861.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>
Subject: RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 towbar
To: [email protected]
<http://uk.mc861.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, 14 July, 2011, 13:44
Hi,
Yes my tow-bar is based on a Mondeo Estate drawbar attached
each side via
its fixed flanges to a piece of heavy duty 2"angle iron to the
underside of
the boot structure and secured by a mirror image piece of
angle iron on the
inside of the boot by 3 off M10 bolts each side from memory.
The spacing
was highly fortuitous in that it did not encroach on the inner
boot space
and formed a useful divider to keep stuff to either side of
the boot. The
carpet fitted exactly between the two pieces of angle iron. I
have pulled
stuff way beyond the expected capability of the boot floor (it
is quite
thick!) with no apparent distress after what must be
approaching 10 years.
The H4 is firmly held together and hence it is possible to
expect the fibre
glass to be used for load bearing. I would not even think of
doing such
things on my Beauford, where the body was designed to be held
on to the
chassis by only 2 off M6 bolts at the rear. IVA changed all
of that!!!
The only thing I changed from the Mondeo unit was the actual
tow ball
attachment square tube as the Mondeo unit put the ball at the
wrong height.
I just happened to have an identical sized unit from a Fiat
X19 unit that I
had saved for posterity that was ideal. At one stage I sent a
photo spread
of the manufacture of the above to one of the former editors
but it
probably was not of interest at the time for QM. In our present
circumstances it is doubtful whether I can find the photos in
a reasonable
time as they would be on a backup somewhere. I might be able
to get the car
on ramps sometime in the future when the pressure has eased
off in pricing
up our possessions for the insurance company in order to get
money to
refurnish our house.
Hope this is of help,
Hamish
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On Behalf Of Steve Kodz
Sent: 13 July 2011 13:40
To: [email protected]
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Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] H4 towbar
Andy,
Yes it is possible, but I don't have any details. The only
person I know
who has fitted a towbar to an H4 is Hamish, who might be able
to reply a bit
later, however he is not the only person who has done it..
It could be worth a call to Eddie Ruskin at Quantum Kit Cars
as he may have
further information.
Regards,
Steve
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On Wednesday 13 Jul 2011, AandMquantum wrote:
> Hi just wondering if its possible to fit a tow bar onto a
H4 tks
> Andy
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