Here for sale is the last remaining hood frame out of the 16 made over two batches. No more will be made after this; once it's gone, it's gone.
More information by finding me on facebook (Dan Poll).
Copied from an original frame, and all ten test-fitted to an original roadster, and phosphate coated by a professional.
Complete with spring steel clips, webbing, rivets and trim bolts, specific front rubber trim, correct square section aluminium strips - everything but the hood itself (best have that tailor-made to the car by a trimmer) I've done my best to make them as close to original as possible, but o ne difference is the way the parts of the frame are connected - instead of using hammer rivets, which are much harder work, we opted for nuts and bolts, I've made them fairly tight to allow for initial settling in, but except where not possible (in which case I used loctite threadlocker) I've put two nuts tightened against each other to make the lock - they can be slightly undone and re-tightened a fraction further down the thread should you want a more free-moving frame .
Please take into account that these cars were hand built, we deal with Messerschmitts all the time and although in theory they're all the same there are often slight differences in the measurements of the metalwork, so obviously I cannot guarantee a 100% perfect fit to your car right out of the box - especially if it's a roadster conversion and not an original. I hope it won't be necessary, but expect to need a little tweaking to fit your car nicely. We've test fitted every one of the ten frames to my dad's car and they all fit - the good thing being they all have a little bit of horizontal movement once unfolded so in all ten cases we were able to make the front of the wind deflector come nicely into line with the top of the windscreen, though depending in your car this may or may not require a little filing of the holes in the spring steel strips to make them meet the windscreen bolts (best to make the top line up and alter the holes than the other way round). It is normal and as original that the wind deflector has a smaller curve at the edges than the windscreen. The angle of the two tabs that slot into the frame holding brackets at the rear is also the same as original despite looking a bit too flayed out, it's to hold it in nicely under tension once fitted. We find they are easier to fit when the frame is slightly unfolded first.
It's taken a while getting all of the components together - the front deflectors were made by an expert metalworker who specialises in Messerschmitts, the rest of the metalwork done by a local chap who knows his stuff and works well, then I had to source the rubber profile, trims, spring steel for the front windscreen connecting strips, webbing and other bits and bobs to fix it all together. It all adds up and has taken a lot of time!