Tutto Italiano 2

 These are part two of the photos taken at the Lars Anderson show.

Tutto Italiano

Tutto Italiano occured at the Lars Anderson Museum last week and a couple things caught my eye.  It's just eye candy.  Enjoy.

7-3-13

 The steering wheel came home from the powder coaters and looks very good.

The inside-the-door pockets have been remade with aluminum rather than the original cardboard.  I used the original cardboard for the patterns and did some pretty lousy aluminum welding on the back side.  Wray gave me some pointers, so I got a little better through the process, but it ain't pretty back there but it also should never be seen.

Front license frame

Wray locked us out this weekend, so in an effort to keep moving I decided to make a front plate holder.  Mass is clamping down on the use of front plates and although any front plate screws up the lines, I am not anxious to get fined $150.  I have never liked the US version of the plate holder on the XK120.  It is mounted above or below the bumper on one side or the other on the front.  If it is mounted below, it blocks a vent to the brakes.  Mounted above and it just looks crude to me.  So I decided to make a US size holder that mounts below in the middle like the european versions.  Also since I plan on setting directional indicators below the front bumpers, there is a built in conflict. 

The plate holder itself is made from 18 gauge; the bracket from 1/8" stock.  Note the curlique pieces of the bracket are used to miss the front bumpers but still use the bumper bracket hole locations for mounting.  The last shot shows the two bumpers upside down with the holder in the center.  Now if it just doesn't look too silly hanging below the front nose by too much.