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The same thing happened to a friend of mine but he was driving an early 70=
's Buick.=C2=A0 That hood was so heavy and stout that even though he was do=
ing highway speeds, it just opened up to full extension.=C2=A0 He pulled ov=
er, closed the hood and continued on.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
To: Triumphs (triumphs@autox.team.net) <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Jun 8, 2020 1:59 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] TR Bonnets: (Was Re: TR3 - how does the door latch strap =
fasten to the door latch)
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 7:55 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com> wrote:
Hurts the pocket book but it also hurts the pride.=C2=A0 Really embarrassi=
ng.
I may have told this story before... In a previous life, I worked for a Vol=
kswagen dealer as a Service Technician ("schmieraffe").=C2=A0 Most of the c=
ars we saw were newer, but occasionally, there was one that had seen a roug=
h life.=C2=A0 This day it was a 1977 VW Rabbit.=C2=A0 =C2=A0I forget the co=
mplaint, but I brought it into my bay and opened the hood by untying the co=
at hanger that held it shut.=C2=A0 That was the only securement for it...
After inspecting whatever I was inspecting, I got the customer to go for a =
test drive with me.
We set out around the block, me confidently behind the wheel.=C2=A0 Our tes=
t drive route left the dealer=C2=A0on Piedmont Road in Atlanta, turned righ=
t through a residential neighborhood, then came out on Pharr Road in trendy=
Buckhead....
As I pulled out on Pharr Road, I wound it up to the speed limit, listening =
for the noise I was tracing...all of the sudden, the hood went straight up,=
hung for a second by the ground strap attached to it while I desperately t=
ried to look between bonnet and cowl to see where=C2=A0I was going while I =
slowed down.=C2=A0 After an eternity, the hood sailed out of sight behind u=
s.
Miraculously, in busy Atlanta traffic, there was nobody in the way behind u=
s.=C2=A0 I stopped the car and we got out and went back to retrieve the hoo=
d.=C2=A0 Other than one bent rear corner, it didn't=C2=A0look any worse tha=
n before.=C2=A0 I looked at the customer, they looked at me, they shrugged,=
I shrugged, and we set it back in place and drove on back to the shop.=C2=
=A0 No words were ever said.
When I released the car back to them, though, that coat hanger was *tight*.
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<div> <font size="3">The same thing happened to a friend of mine but he was
driving an early 70's Buick. That hood was so heavy and stout that even
though he was doing highway speeds, it just opened up to full extension.
He pulled over, closed the hood and continued on.</font><br>
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<div style="clear:both"><font size="4">Dave </font><br>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com><br>
To: Triumphs (triumphs@autox.team.net) <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Mon, Jun 8, 2020 1:59 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR Bonnets: (Was Re: TR3 - how does the door latch strap
fasten to the door latch)<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="yiv0807136026gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 7:55 AM
DAVID MASSEY <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com";
target="_blank" href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com";>dave1massey@cs.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="color:black;font:12pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div> <font size="3">Hurts the pocket book but it also hurts the pride.
Really embarrassing.</font></div>
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</blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I may have told this story before... In a previous life, I worked for a
Volkswagen dealer as a Service Technician ("schmieraffe"). Most of the
cars we saw were newer, but occasionally, there was one that had seen a rough
life. This day it was a 1977 VW Rabbit. I forget the
complaint, but I brought it into my bay and opened the hood by untying the coat
hanger that held it shut. That was the only securement for it...</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>After inspecting whatever I was inspecting, I got the customer to go for a
test drive with me.<br>
<br>
We set out around the block, me confidently behind the wheel. Our test
drive route left the dealer on Piedmont Road in Atlanta, turned right
through a residential neighborhood, then came out on Pharr Road in trendy
Buckhead....</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As I pulled out on Pharr Road, I wound it up to the speed limit, listening
for the noise I was tracing...all of the sudden, the hood went straight up,
hung for a second by the ground strap attached to it while I desperately tried
to look between bonnet and cowl to see where I was going while I slowed
down. After an eternity, the hood sailed out of sight behind us.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Miraculously, in busy Atlanta traffic, there was nobody in the way behind
us. I stopped the car and we got out and went back to retrieve the
hood. Other than one bent rear corner, it didn't look any worse than
before. I looked at the customer, they looked at me, they shrugged, I
shrugged, and we set it back in place and drove on back to the shop. No
words were ever said.<br>
<br>
When I released the car back to them, though, that coat hanger was *tight*.<br>
<br>
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