Can anyone with a handy tape measure, and the appropriate car, tell me the height of a late mag engined Chummy rad surround from the bottom to the bonnet rest flange please?

STEVE

Not to easy with it on the car Steve,it looks about 22" from the very bottom of the shell up to the bonnet rest.

Appreciate that Ian. Should do for what I want. Many thanks.

STEVE

Steve, the last of the "late mag engined" cars had the plated "taller" shell, but presumably you mean the black-painted "shorter" shell. The reason for the inverted commas is that most don't realise that laid out on the bench the shells are exactly the same height - 22 1/4", so you have no worries - it's just that the earlier one has a curved bottom that sits below the chassis nose on the car (thus the top is lower to the ground), whereas the plated shell has a flat bottom which sits on top of the nosepiece. If it's of help, the bottom of the crank-hole is 20 3/4" to the top rear lip, wheras the later shell is 1 1/2" higher. Confused? Cheers, Bill in Oz

No Bill, certainly not confused as that confirms exactly what I have now proved to myself by comparing examples of the two shells. I'm trying to 'mix and match' with what I've got rather than buy a new shell. Thanks for your help.

STEVE