Pegasus bulkhead

[Landyowner11]

I hoping someone can advise..

I've been looking at pegasus bulkheads for my 58. I would need their type 1.1 as my 58 was built in the first few weeks of production.

Has anyone physically seen or used one of their bulkheads now they have merged with shielder?

My other option is robert owen so just trying to get the best possible product available.

[AlexB]

I've not seen a pegasus one but I have seen Robert's and they are a work of art
Robert has utilised the info from pegasus to get his correct

[Craig T]

I have seen a Pegasus one, looked very good. It was for a later IIA but from what I saw, well put together.

Craig.

[Landy62]

I bought a Pegasus bulkhead about 1.5years ago for my early 58 and was very pleased with it fits well and made to the right spec.
I have seen a Robert Owen 58 bulkhead and it was not as good as Pegasus one in the way of correctness

[Landyowner11]

I bought a Pegasus bulkhead about 1.5years ago for my early 58 and was very pleased with it fits well and made to the right spec.
I have seen a Robert Owen 58 bulkhead and it was not as good as Pegasus one in the way of correctness

That's good to hear, have you got any pictures of it in the flesh, I've only seen stock photos.

Regards

[diffwhine]

I had a good look at Landy62's Pegasus bulkhead and in my view it was pretty much indistinguishable from an original one. Its a credit to Paul for all the work he put into the research for all the different bulkheads. A sad loss.

I had a Rob Owen bulkhead for a rebuild during lockdown. It was beautifully made, beautifully finished, but actually not correct. The heater holes were wrong and the stay bar brackets were incorrect for the year. Not an issue for the type of rebuild I was doing, but if I were doing a faithful to original restoration, I would have had to reject it.

I know people have had problems with Pegasus in the past, but from what I have seen of recent products, quality and delivery turnaround times, they are now really on the ball. You pay for the quality. If you want cheap, you can buy a generic galvanised one off their sister company - Shielder.

My Station Wagon will be fitted with a new Pegasus bulkhead. I just need to get some money in to pay for it!

[Landyowner11]

Thanks diffwhine, that's excellent feedback.
I'm looking for 100% correctness on this build as it's such a early car which hasn't been touched and retains all its original parts.

[58paul]

It's good to see Pegasus are back up and running to an orderly fashion. With both RO and Pegasus building spec specific bulkheads, thats a good thing as competition makes a healthy market for the consumer. I have had a 58 pegasus years ago and this was very good. I have also had a RO in the last year, this was a specific build for  March 58 S2, it was its own very early spec that I specified as I knew it was different to a standard 58my. This is also very good and I'm very happy with it.

The key for the best copy is to give them your old bulkhead as a pattern to copy from. Bulkheads were individually spec'd for 88/109/petrol/diesel between March to May 58 (approx) after that they were universal spec (to do with holes drilled and bunged).

[Landy62]

This is few pictures of it while doing the rebuild hope this helps

[Landyowner11]

Landy62 that's brilliant thank you, it looks great!

I think I shall have a chat with both pegasus and Robert owen. And take 58paul advise and give them my bulkhead to copy 

Matching the bulkhead to the original body work is going to be the next biggest challenge 

[ChrisJC]

Another +1 for Pegasus. Mine is '63, but I had no issues with the bulkhead.

Chris.