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Re: The dreaded bent-in hood edge

To: Spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: The dreaded bent-in hood edge
From: public@sweavo.34sp.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:13:59 +0100
Quoting s1500@comcast.net:

...
> And on my Spit, yep, the hood's a bit bent inward too. When you open/close
> the door it rubs against it and has even scraped  a  little bit of paint off.
...
> 1. What the heck is causing this? I can see the crease clearly, but can't
> quite explain how it happened in the first place. The passenger side is
> perfectly straight.

My guess is that this is why I was told not to lift the bonnet by the latch. 
It's a poor bit of design really because the latch really is the obvious thing
to use to lift that heavy bonnet.





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