Set of X1/9 targa catches

**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...)

**ProtoTipo** · 08-06-2021, 19:09

Originally Posted by Normb666

Plus different positioning for Stradale and the Group 4's.

There was only a Stradale production car.

**Normb666** · 08-06-2021, 20:55

I meant the different bodies used on the kits. The rear catches are "higher up" on the Gp 4's so might need different blocks?

**ProtoTipo** · 09-06-2021, 09:11

Originally Posted by Normb666

I meant the different bodies used on the kits. The rear catches are "higher up" on the Gp 4's so might need different blocks?

They do, but a lot of cars will use one type of block on two or four corners.
It's worth standardising on one size, at least. With the chamfer at one end.