Set of X1/9 targa catches

**Stratos Fear** · 07-06-2021, 17:44

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Miss Jones - I think tht means someone is working on it ! - hopefully ready by the time you will need them

BTW - I see Jeff Penfold's catches went for £246 - which sounds like a lot to me but they are getting rarer.

**Normb666** · 08-06-2021, 11:02

For those who are unaware, the club are currently exploring the possibility of having these made by a fabrication company. They've had access to an example and have come up with a possible way forward - as you can imagine, it's complicated with having a cast base and pressed moving parts. We're waiting for them to get back to us with prices/options, and hopefully they won't be too expensive given the relatively small numbers involved.

**ProtoTipo** · 08-06-2021, 11:14

Originally Posted by Normb666

For those who are unaware, the club are currently exploring the possibility of having these made by a fabrication company. They've had access to an example and have come up with a possible way forward - as you can imagine, it's complicated with having a cast base and pressed moving parts. We're waiting for them to get back to us with prices/options, and hopefully they won't be too expensive given the relatively small numbers involved.

Is the quote for Stratos spec. over centre catches Norm? As in, cut down and re-drilled.
Not copies of the standard unmodified X1/9 roof catch.

**Normb666** · 08-06-2021, 13:00

Correctamundo, Chris. You'll still need to sort your own spacer blocks to go between the catches and the body though.

**ProtoTipo** · 08-06-2021, 16:53

Originally Posted by Normb666

Correctamundo, Chris. You'll still need to sort your own spacer blocks to go between the catches and the body though.

It wouldn't take a lot to make a mould for those
Kits end up with variable thickness blocks, from car to car, but the original cars would have one set size/thickness.

With the remanufactured catches, the bulk of the cost will be in tooling for the steel parts.

**Normb666** · 08-06-2021, 18:52

But remember the different bodies used over the years and the subtle (and maybe not so subtle) difference in shape of the clams. Plus different positioning for Stradale and the Group 4's. And Hawk and LB already have their own solutions for those blocks, so why reinvent the wheel? (...as the discussion launches into all the different coffin spoke options...)