Front Wing Panel

[malcolm]

Hi All, Is there a reason the bottom lip of the front wing panel is folded back.
Sold a few of these years ago and couldn't figure out why it was like that,looks like it's been stood on.
The orinal wings on mine the fold is a right angle.

[diffwhine]

I've got two new complete inner wing assemblies which are original 1960s stock and they both have a fold back on the leading edge like your one. I would have thought that such a roll is stronger than a simple right angle bend.

[autorover1]

Correct, it is stronger & helps keep it straight

[Craig T]

Additional tyre clearance as well with 7.50 tyres at full articulation on full lock? 

Just looked at the photos of my IIA rebuild and the wings are 90° bend all the way along. Maybe I straightened them out, really can't remember now.

Craig.

[Sunny Jim]

My 1960 originals were straight/flat, the later replacements were folded up like that.

Sunny Jim

[malcolm]

Mine is a 1960 build as well and is a flat right angle,maybe changed with introduction of 2a vehicles.

[Uffddd]

The new panels I've just had from paintman are a simple right angle bottom edge.

[malcolm]

I would have thought there must be another reason as a right angle is very rigid anyway, looking at the panel its much easier to bend across the bottom.

[diffwhine]

1965 original wings - both sides have this roll back.

[Uffddd]

Looks like there's another new headache for the rivet counters out there then. What year did that change?

[diffwhine]

I wonder if it is a feature created to avoid large tyre impact under certain conditions? They modified the Air Portable front bumper for the same reason and it is roughly in the same area.

[Noddy]

Suffix H Dormy no roll back and none on the S111 wings of the Bitsa. A modification tried and then dropped?

Alec

[Craig T]

Maybe that is why I straightened mine out if I indeed did straighten them out.

You can see my panels are not 100% flat. I had to do a bit of panel beating around the front wings to make them presentable and as I had a series 3, I probably looked under that and assumed they we meant to be flat.

Not sure I'll be modifying them again now though....

Craig.

[malcolm]

My original 1960 wings.

I have NOS Leyland era built complete wings and they have fold back as well.

[GHOBHW]

I never noticed this, I always thought the ones with the fold were from tyres hitting it or something!

my 64 wings are straight and my 67 are folded

I have a few series 3 wings laying around too.. and all those are straight again