Reply to "Height of Front engine shield stanchions???"

SciFi,
Only update is that I seem to have the shorter front stanchion when I need the longer one to replace my missing one.

As for cutting off the originals, today, I would have to say no, don't do it. If you are going to ever drive the car to enjoy it, you will want these pieces in place to prevent damage from flying debris in the engine compartment, be it rocks, sand, belt pieces, ball bearings.... Unless you have replacements already in hand for the rear glass.

I was thinking that it could affect air flow, but it isn't a closed system or such that the upper air is isolated 100% from the air below the shields.....

Now, that said, the original proto type Goose had no stanchions. The shields were more of a "box top" that covered the engine and perhaps more.

If one were to devise a tidy means to mount them securely and still allow easy access to the engine for normal things, I could go along with that.....

Other than the prototype, the earliest car I have seen is #508 and it has the conventional hatch covers. Would like to know if any of the earlier than #508 cars have been found and what they have for engine covers!

Cheers!
Steve