Hi Ron,
It's cool until the cable breaks. If you use this set up or any with a
cable, I recomend placing an alternate cable somewhere accessable. This
way if the cable breaks, like on my Jag, you dont have to warp/distroy
the hood to open her up. What a mess, we ended up having to pull out
the pin from the mounts. Now I'm going to have it welded back in then
repainted.
Good luck
Rick
RMiller930@aol.com wrote:
>
> In process of fitting my bonnet for front tilt. Used all existing holes as
> didn't want to cut up car or weld on, made a formica template for hole
> alignment, made steel brackets, mounted with three bolts per side (one is
> hinge bolt). Removed rear hinges, and am looking at either fitting a TR6
> style latch in a box to be mounted where hinge used to be on firewall with
> interior hood release. Even better, look at the latching mechanism on an XJ-
> S. It appears that would be the "Cat's Meow" (pun) as it latches both sides,
> no cutting, just bolt latch pins onto the rear bonnet support and the latching
> mechanism onto the firewall...this setup is too cool...Will let you know how
> it's going.
>
> Rod Miller
> 59 Bugeye (formerly pineapple upside down Bugeye)
> 72 TR6
> 86 XJ-S
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