Please send me a reminder in a few weeks. Working in China is like
performing a Chinese fire drill 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day, and 365 days a
year. My brain is Chinese cabbage.
Dayton
>From: "David A Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>
>To: "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com>, <Tburke4@aol.com>,
><PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>, <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>,
><spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Hood Prop
>Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:19:19 -0400
>
>Hi Dayton,
>
> Since you have perfected this I am more than glad to hold off doing
>this
>until you get back to N.A. Since good pics are essential to use as a guide.
>Since, you also have the strut numbers that work for this application then
>that is great also.
>
>Thanks
>
> David A. Templeton
> Open Text Corp.
> Waterloo, ON
> Canada
> N2L-5Z5
> - 74 Spitfire - "Spit-Six"
> - 76 Spitfire 1500 - Parts
> - 95 GMC 2500 Ext LB 4x4
> - 99 GMC Safari
> - 66 Ford Mustang (the wife's)
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: dayton carpenter <djcarpen@hotmail.com>
>To: <Tburke4@aol.com>; <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>;
><reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 3:53 AM
>Subject: Re: Hood Prop
>
>
> >
> > Again, again, again
> >
> > If you use heavy-duty props from a large hatch back you will bend the
>bonnet
> > supports. I have done this. We had to go to a lighter duty strut from
>the
> > hood of a car. We used two. One person can effortlessly open the hood.
>The
> > travel is also correct. If you look at most spitfires where the bonnet
> > support tubes mount to the bonnet with the U bracket there are usually
>small
> > stress cracks. You may not notice them unless you remove the bracket.
>On
> > most spitfires I have seen these stress cracks. I usually MIG weld them
>to
> > fix them.
> >
> > Because of this I would recommend as we did to make a bracket and weld
>it
>to
> > the bonnet support tube. I should be back in the US next month and will
>try
> > to take some good pictures that illustrate this. I certainly can give
>you
> > the exact strut number at that time. Again you don't need heavy-duty
>struts
> > because of the leverage of the hinges on the bonnet. You are not
>lifting
> > the entire weight of the bonnet.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dayton J. Carpenter, Esq.
> > President of International Business and Legal Affairs
> > Foundsoft Science & Technology Group
> > 12 F Office Plaza World Trade Centre Zhejiang
> > 15 Shuguang Road
> > Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310007
> > China
> >
> >
> > Tele: 86-571-795-0135 ext 8011
> > Fax: 86 571-795-0137
> >
> >
> > >From: Tburke4@aol.com
> > >To: PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil, djcarpen@hotmail.com,
> > >reid.w.simmons@intel.com, spitfires@autox.team.net
> > >Subject: Re: Hood Prop
> > >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:49:34 EDT
> > >
> > >Hi folks,
> > >
> > >I have an Aerostar which has a very heavy rear hatch and a pretty
>strong,
> > >highly stressed pair of struts. They look like they could do the job if
> > >properly mounted. Their compressed length is 17.5" (measured to the c/l
>of
> > >the pivot pins holding them) and their extended length is 24.25" (as
> > >installed on the Aerostar). There should be plenty of these in your
>local
> > >boneyard.
> > >
> > >Tom Burke
> > >80 Spit
> > >
> >
>
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