---Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov> wrote:
>
> Tom O'Malley wrote:
>
> > > ...I'm going to re-inforce the backs of the cutouts with
> > > another piece of 20 gauge steel that's spot welded to the original
> > > wing for a distance of four inches or so. The bonnet latch
mounting
> > > screws will then pass through both pieces. What I'm hoping to
do is
> > > spread the loading over a greater area...we'll see. :-)
>
> On Wed, 20 May 1998, Brad Kahler wrote:
>
> > Just a thought on adding that extra thickness. Keep in mind that
the
> > latch bolts to the bonnet directly, anything you add in that area
to
> > stiffen it up will force the edge of the bonnet out by that same
> > amount...
>
> Many (perhaps most) Spits, Heralds, etc., with this latch have some
> thickness of paper shim behind the catch on the side of the
bulkhead. If
> the extra reinforcing metal behind the latch were to affect
anything, I
> imagine one could compensate with thinner shims behind that catch.
>
> And, hey, just how many of us have absolutely perfect, straight,
totally
> UNSPRUNG and unsplit (around the hinges or along the bottom "flange"
> below the latch) bonnets? :-)
errrrrr....as far as i can tell.....me....save one really small
shopping cart type dent in the right front, which has already been
pulled out as an experiment for a friend who works for a body tool
manufacturer...
> --Andy
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