Now in 2010 we do not  have a JBA Factory producing any vehicle that has been evaluated in any articles in the various Kit Car Press magazines or approved by VOSA BIVA testing.

Please note these are the old build pages from 1999 to 2004 when we had a JBA Factory in full production from 1982 that was regularly featured in the Kit Car Press and complied with regulations including passing UK Vosa SVA/BIVA tests and TUV tests in the EU.
A 2004 JBA Engineering Ltd Sports SR kit has passed the new BIVA test in June 2009.

Spanner Sizes
Spanner Sizes fits on the head of a bolt. 8mm spanner fits M5 bolt, 10mm......M6, 13mm......M8, 17mm......M10. 

Options
Variations in Hood Material, Colours and Suppliers.

What You Will Need 
Hood and Hood fixing studs. Pop rivets.

The Falcon Sports Hood 

The Falcon TSR and Tourer Hood

Hood Frame 

Follow the Build Manual. I started here by fitting the hood frame. Then bolted the frame to the outside of the hood socket on the back of the upright posts, with the small hoop first, then separated by a spacer, fitted the large hoop. Note the size of the spacers are given in the manual.
Looking from outside of the car the large hoop should be the one nearest to you. These we finished off using chrome dome nuts. This was applied to both sides of these two bolts, so that you did not see part of the bolt thread sticking past the nut.
Many owners paint the hood frame to match their car, in the photo below Keith has had his chromed. 

The bolts on the hood frame need to be rounded or capped with nut covers or fitted with dome or rounded nuts on both ends. 
Source:- Vehicle Inspectorate, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. JBA Falcon SVA Test 27-04-2002.

The Hood

Please note we had the wooden windscreen was in place doing this task. We then had to fit the side screens to the doors to complete the fitting. These photos taken afterwards. 
Our hood was purchased from JBA and comes with the Durable Dot hood studs fitted except for the two that fit onto the top of the windscreen frame. 
If you damage a Durable Dot stud these can usually be found locally at Singer Sowing shops or camping stores, with or without a fitting kit. Take a stud with you to obtain correct size. They are also stocked by Woolies.

I placed masking tape round the back of the CBU and along both sides as per manual. Then I fitted two press studs to the windscreen frame and fitted the hood securing bar into its pocket on the hood, rounding off the corners of this bar on the bench grinder before doing so.

I slotted it into the stainless hood retaining bar on top of the windscreen. The hood was draped over the car now. It was now a case of centralising the front of the hood and marking the hood against the press studs at the top of the windscreen frame. Next I punched the two holes in the hood and fitted the press studs and secured the hood to the windscreen.

The hood must be fitted in warm conditions and I always kept the hood in the house, but as it was winter when we fitted the hood. We used an electric fan heater inside the car to keep the hood warm at all times.
I waited till Kenny was available before completing this bit.  We erected the hood frame and started pulling the hood over the back of the CBU  down to the masking tape pulling a corner each.

We then pressed the two end studs of the hood on to the masking tape to leave an imprint on the tape.
(that is the ones on the straight part of the CBU before it disappears round the side) 
We drilled these two marks and pop riveted the press studs with a washer behind them on the CBU and fitted the hood to these.

Next we marked the remaining studs onto the masking tape at the rear of the CBU and drilled the holes, fitted the studs to the body and re-fitted the hood. 
We had to pay particular attention here, to allow the hood to follow the line of the side screens, to make sure there were no gaps either side and that each side was even. The main press stud here is the bottom one at the side of each door.

Finally it was a case of repeating the same on both sides of the car.  

My Mascot "Dougal". Made by my wife Bunny for our JBA Falcon Sports SR.

The next page deals with fitting the Lamps. 

   Photos Courtesy Of Doug Philp.

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