Jeff Webster <carfindr@tiac.net> writes
>Hi Gang,
>Are there any tips you can offer when it comes to adjusting the bonnets on
>Morgans? One side seems to fit pretty good - the other is horrible. It is
>the original bonnet - so at this time I am convinced it's just a matter of
>adjustment. The bonnet was removed by the PO for a paint job, and I presume
>not put back right. Where is the best place to start - the top bulkhead
>hinge pin, the cowl hinge pin, should I loosen/remove the cowl, get the
>bonnet right and then sort the cowl out last?
When the car was built, the bonnet (hood?) was made last, partly to make
adjustment for all of the small variables that may effect the shape of
the hole. Some books suggest that doing anything major to the front of
the car will necessitate a new bonnet being made.
Assuming that you are not made of money and near enough will do, the
suggestion of the previous writer, to start by centralising the chrome
strip by altering the cowl is good advice. The little rubber corners are
sold by a few places and are not a standard fitting- that'll upset the
concours types!
(You can easily tell these were built to a price)
Incidentally, the webbing tape threaded through the cowl would have bee
sprayed on the car, so pristine off-white tape is non-original too!
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Jeremy Edwards
1972 Morgan 4/4
Melton Mowbray, England
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