benny_toe wrote:
Taking the nose cone off isn't a big problem, would be a hassle at a gas station in a remote area.
That brings back memories, we were cruising down a remote hardtop road in my first build, the Che7enette. Nice big cloud of white vapor blows out of the car, it's BIG. Pull into a community hall parking lot to see what happened. Open the bonnet and there it was, the bottom rad hose came off the connecting pipe I had fabricated (and was supposed to roll a raised lip on and forgot to). Anyhoo I made my nose cone attachment points with Phillips screws. Took a couple of minutes to remove the nose. Another couple of minutes to re-connect the hose. The roadside fix I did was tie wire the hose clamp to another opposing hose clamp tp prevent the hose from sliding off again (I always carry wire in all my vehicles, something I learned from growing up on the farm
).
Luckily there was a house nearby with a watering can and outside water tap.
All in all we had about a 45 minute rest stop, then continued on our way.
BTW I always make up a basic tool kit for these cars, never know when you might have use for them.