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> From: Dave Chu[SMTP:dave@ece.concordia.ca]
> Reply To: Dave Chu
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 1:36 PM
> To: Craig Smith
> Cc: 'Jjcousins@ra.rockwell.com'; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Hood Prop
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> 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...$40 !!! I don't think
> >so.
> >
> >I will look for a used one but...has anyone thought of using one of those
> >pneumatic (sp) props they are putting in everything these days
> (hatchbacks,
> >mini-van hatches, trunk lifts, etc) on the Spitfire hood. (bonnet)?
> >
> >It seems like this could be a way to get around lifting-at-the-latches
> >method that rips the fenders to he$^. No?
> >
> >Anyone?
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/carpics/prop.jpg
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