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21. RE: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:50:34 PDT
Been there done that! My bonnet used two. You have to be carefully about the length and the strength of the stuts. You can see a picture of the set-up in the next spitfire magazine issue. Sorry I am
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00555.html (13,475 bytes)

22. RE: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:53:22 PDT
Been there done that! On my bonnet I used two. I believe they were from a GM vehicle. You have to be carefully about the length and the strength of the stuts. You can see a picture of the set-up in t
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00556.html (13,524 bytes)

23. RE: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:53:27 PDT
Been there done that! On my bonnet I used two. I believe they were from a GM vehicle. You have to be carefully about the length and the strength of the stuts. You can see a picture of the set-up in t
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00557.html (13,536 bytes)

24. RE: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "Bowen, Patrick A RP2" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:57:30 -0400
I would recommed the struts used to lift minivan rear hatches, I know they have to be strong enough. By the way did someone have pictures on the web. So far I have gathered that compressed length sho
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00558.html (14,114 bytes)

25. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:17:36 -0600
Hello John, Not wanting to appear like an opportunist, but... I am in need of a hood prop also My box of bits revealed a pretzel-like prop in 2 pieces. IF any of your donor contacts would like to sel
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00560.html (8,597 bytes)

26. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: Tburke4@aol.com
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 i
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00561.html (8,494 bytes)

27. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "David A Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:52:56 -0400
What year aeorstar? 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 (th
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00562.html (9,094 bytes)

28. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: Tburke4@aol.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:01:16 EDT
<< What year aeorstar? >> This one is a '94. I had an '86 with the same hatch design, so any year should be good. Obviously, the newer the better. Tom Burke 80 Spit
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00563.html (8,092 bytes)

29. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:40:52 -0400
I had to make up a plate for them. There are two bolts near the bonnet hinges and that is where the plates are mounted. So the struts mounts onto the plates and the plates are mounted onto the two bo
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00566.html (9,401 bytes)

30. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:00:05 -0400
That is what I have done on my car. I made up a locking device to keep the bonnet up because the ones I used are not strong enought to hold the wieght of the bonnet. I've seen similar device in the J
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00567.html (8,988 bytes)

31. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "Tep735" <Tep735@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:51:34 -0400
I'm also looking for a hood prop for my 79 spit. Can anyone help me out? Thanks, Frank Downingtown, PA 79 spit- in restoration
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00574.html (7,698 bytes)

32. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:53:42 PDT
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 effo
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00596.html (9,697 bytes)

33. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "David A Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>
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
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00599.html (10,924 bytes)

34. Re: Hood Prop (score: 1)
Author: "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 01:48:06 PDT
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
/html/spitfires/2000-04/msg00615.html (12,251 bytes)


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