I saw a similar arrangement at the British Car Day in Bronte Creek
Provincial Park (east of Toronto). The owner said he used gas cylinders
from a Nissan. Sorry don't remember the model. Great idea but so
un-original. One day when I get over my (somewhat) originality thing,
I'll try it.
Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
Dave Chu wrote:
>
> In message <364C951E.F09CD5AC@gte.net>you write:
> >Brian,
> >I doubt there is enough distance between the two attaching points (in
> >the closed position) to mount anything but the stock type rod. But I
> >would be interested to hear if anybody has tried this and what measure
> >of success was achieved.
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >Smith, Brian wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't know the lenght but I once saw the prop rod replaced with what
> >> looked like the trunk stay. Also could you use a gas cylinder like what is
> >> on a late model car? That would be cool...unlatch you hood and it rises on
>
> I have done such a thing on my 78 Spitfire. I had a set of hatch struts
> off a 86 Civic. I made a plate for the mounting the botton of the struts
> to the front of the car ( the area where there are two bolts, one ontop the
> other). The Honda struts swivel both on the top and bottom, so getting
> things straight was not critical. Another motification was the enlarging of
> the top mounting holes on the fender, found a drill bit that fit into the
> original hole and when up one drill size. The Honda struts are threaded
> at the top swivel which bolt up onto the fender mounting hole.
>
> I did this because my car didn't come with the original bonnet prop, it
> came with a 4 foot wooden pole. The only thing that I didn't like was the
> civic struts are not strong enought (or they might be just old and tired)
> to keep the hood up on their own. I made a bracket that locks into place
> when it's extented. With the struts it take less effort to open and close
> the hood.
>
> I'm still trying to sort out my wiring and in hopes of putting my car
> back together for next summer. Maybe I might get around to taking some
> picture if there are enought interests.
>
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