Thanks Rick - I like that idea - especially, as you suggest, it will act as a baffle to cool the motor. This pix shows my front end and I can adapt brackets for whatever I need to position the ply and cowl properly. I get my cowl next week as Brad has advised that it is shipped!! So I can better see how things fit. I like the idea of no bolts through the cowl. The second pix shows my homemade cowl on my late Skybolt. No bolts there either! No plane either[
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