In message <82C291F80EF7D311B2EE0090277A49F5039644@REXCH>you write:
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>I have wanted to do this for some time !
>I hope someone has done it
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>Hello,
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>My hood prop is shot. Look in Vic Brit catalog...$40 !!! I don't think
>so.
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>I will look for a used one but...has anyone thought of using one of those
>pneumatic (sp) props they are putting in everything these days (hatchbacks,
>mini-van hatches, trunk lifts, etc) on the Spitfire hood. (bonnet)?
>
>It seems like this could be a way to get around lifting-at-the-latches
>method that rips the fenders to he$^. No?
>
>Anyone?
I have done this on my Spitfire. My car didn't come with the props, just
a 4 foot wooden stick. I have an old Civic that was going to the scrap
yard and I took those and place it on to the Spit. In order to get them
to fit I had to make a plate and to make the hole on the fender a little
bigger to mount the struts.
The Civic struts are not really strong enought to hold up the bonnet
and I made a bracket to keep the struts inplace. The idea came from
something I saw in the JC Whitney catalouge. I never thought of taking
picture of it but I have a picture of my engine bay where you can see one
of the strut at the top left corner. I have put a bicycle tire tube over
the expose part of the strut to prevent dirt from getting into it. Here
is the link for the picture:
http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/carpics/prop.jpg
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Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng. |/ | | |
Concordia University Voice:(514)848-3115 Fax:(514)848-2802
1455 de Maisonneuve W. H961 Email:dave@ece.concordia.ca
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8 http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/addr.html
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