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1. 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: EAKETT@aol.com; Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:54:34 EDT; I'm restoring early '64 Spit. I'm conerned with what I consider excessive flexing of the bonnet. It is nearly impossible for one person to lift the bonnet without something getting scratched. Extreme; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00450.html (7,463 bytes)
2. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Jerome Judge <Goodlift@Sprintmail.Com>; Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:12:14 -0400; Hi George: I have a 72 GT6 but the hood is about the same as yours. There is quite a bit of flex in my hood also. When I lift up from the drivers side it is less, and I cannot lift the hood from the; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00481.html (8,452 bytes)
3. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: "Dean Dashwood" <ddashwoo@ect.enron.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:45:26 +0100; On the subject of bonnets, what is the correct way to lift a bonnet? I have always lifted mine by the latches, but I read somewhere (may even have been on this list, I can't remember) that this cause; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00510.html (9,537 bytes)
4. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine); Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:04:13 -0700; I raise my bonnet by the latch enough to get my hand under it and lift it by the lower edge directly below the latch. I lower it the same way-the lower edge and then the last little bit with the latc; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00511.html (10,576 bytes)
5. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Mike.Hopkins@mis.magna-europa.com; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:21:22 +0100; I have heard similar things (lift by wheel arch) and go for the best of both worlds i.e. lift by both the latch and wheel arch. Mind you in a perfect world two persons are supposed to lift the bonnet; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00512.html (10,836 bytes)
6. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 03:59:23 -0700; My recommendation is to lift the bonnet by the wheel arch until it is high enough to get the other hand under the middle where the bonnet meets the area in front of the windscreen. Then raise it the; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00513.html (10,449 bytes)
7. RE: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: "David Stewart" <dstewar1@twcny.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:09:38 -0400; I always lift mine by the latch enough to get my hand under the middle (by the windshield). It's not the most comfortable edge, but keeps the bonnet from twisting. --Original Message-- From: owner-sp; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00514.html (10,655 bytes)
8. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:09:04 -0700; ** I used to lift by the latches, until one broke while lifting and nearly cut my finger in half with what was left of the jagged end. I now lift using the wheel well arch, and the lower rear edge o; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00519.html (8,070 bytes)
9. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Bob Norway <examiner@scci.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:40:03 -0400; If you examine the latch, you may notice small hairline cracks in the sheet metal. After years of lifting by the latch, these will start to appear. Best to lift by wheel arch and middle of bonnet. Ch; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00521.html (9,359 bytes)
10. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine); Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:01:42 -0700; I just can never get a good grip in the middle and if I try the wheel arch, it just seems to require more strength than I sometimes have...that's why I go for the edge below the latch...maybe I need; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00529.html (10,624 bytes)
11. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: "richard bonilla" <richard@bonilla.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:33:47 -0600; yea...them baby's are not cheap to replace are they? appear. Best to; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00532.html (7,738 bytes)
12. RE: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:45:01 -0700; For the first 20 years I owned my Spitfire I raised the hood by lifting on the latches. Then I read the message from someone on this list that that was not the proper way to do it. So now I lift by t; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00536.html (10,237 bytes)
13. Re: 64 Spit Bonnet (score: 1): Author: Vic Whitmore <vicwhit@home.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:59:05 -0400; I saw a Spit with gas lifts at the British Car Day near Toronto last September. If I recall, they were off a Mazda or Nissan. If it is there again on Sunday, I'll take some notes. Vic Whitmore 76 Spi; /html/spitfires/1999-09/msg00539.html (11,140 bytes)

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