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1. Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:57:09 -0700; Does anyone have any plans for the parts that you'd need to make a Bugeye hood hinge in the front? Is this a good thing to do anyway? Thanks, Daryl; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00415.html (7,865 bytes)
2. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: ric_bergstrom@juno.com (Richard L. Bergstrom); Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 23:13:48 -0400; Has anyone ever tried it with a Midget......Fenders hood and all? I know Winners Circle or Mini Mania makes a kit. Ric Bergstrom, Richmond, VA 73-74 Midget, 88 Volvo Central Virginia MG Classics WWW.; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00417.html (8,890 bytes)
3. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:11:58 -0700; You can buy a kit from Mini Mania for about $100. I used it on the Bugeye that I'm building. The only bad thing is that you have to lose the front bumper. I could probably find the plans and fax them; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00418.html (8,877 bytes)
4. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 06:29:57 PDT; I also have the kit from mini-mania if you have access to the steel and a welder you could probably duplicate for about $20 for the material. The kit does not include any way of latching the bonnet s; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00420.html (10,043 bytes)
5. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "j. k. chapman" <tsar72@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 07:09:12 PDT; On a '61 Bug Eye I was looking at,I found a racing style pin with cotter pin arrangement on the original rear hinges. I was wondering how to make this work, and the tilt front was a great idea. Not s; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00422.html (9,422 bytes)
6. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 07:28:18 -0700; I saw a square body sprite with a 1 piece glass front end hinged in the LM --Original Message-- From: Richard L. Bergstrom <ric_bergstrom@juno.com> To: mayfam@sprynet.com <mayfam@sprynet.com>; spridg; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00423.html (9,941 bytes)
7. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 07:54:47 -0700; Hi Peter I also have thought about fitting a Spitfire type latch but It's now too late for this car. The car goes to the painter this weekend so no more tinkering with the bonnet. I used the rubber t; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00425.html (11,885 bytes)
8. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: RMiller930@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:27:49 EDT; In process of fitting my bonnet for front tilt. Used all existing holes as didn't want to cut up car or weld on, made a formica template for hole alignment, made steel brackets, mounted with three bo; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00426.html (9,341 bytes)
9. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 09:05:51 PDT; Hi Rod, I have not looked at the XJ-S setup but will check it out, as for the TR6 I looked at that but if the pull cable breaks or jams I could not see any way of getting the hood open It's bad enoug; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00428.html (11,170 bytes)
10. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 09:03:46 -0700; I tried this many years ago and it would not work but the reason escapes me. Why don't you give it a try and let us know. Larry --Original Message-- From: David Ramsey <dwramsey@worldnet.att.net> To; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00429.html (9,618 bytes)
11. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: RMiller930@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:18:54 EDT; Seems like we tried that prior to going the route we did...seems like using the locking pins caused the front of the bonnet to bind...the brackets allow enough clearance to open fully. Met a guy at a; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00430.html (8,871 bytes)
12. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 09:40:51 PDT; On the kit the hinge hole is a slot that is angled forward and fits over the boss on the frame where the bumpers used to bolt so that once the hood is opened it can just be lifted off the car without; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00432.html (10,404 bytes)
13. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: Ron Soave <redlotus@spacey.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:23:57 -0400; I'll bite. How?; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00436.html (8,702 bytes)
14. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: Rick/Carolyn <walters@mail.softcom.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:42:25 +0000; Hi Ron, It's cool until the cable breaks. If you use this set up or any with a cable, I recomend placing an alternate cable somewhere accessable. This way if the cable breaks, like on my Jag, you don; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00438.html (10,757 bytes)
15. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 11:10:49 -0700; Well, on my front hinging bonnet, I get it open far enough that the bonnet is vertical. I have no access problems whatsoever. The only drama is that the brackets are oddly shaped so that they don't i; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00439.html (10,871 bytes)
16. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:51:38 -0400; I never removed the bonnet to pull an engine on a bugeye! Why would anyone do that? Pull the radiator and the engine comes out the front. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Lots of LBCs http://www.exit1; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00441.html (9,442 bytes)
17. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>; Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:16:16 -0500; I just happen to have a 70 Spit that will never see the road again. Still want a couple of latches? Bruce Lowry Hallsville, Tx 60 Bugeye "Cosmo" 70 Spit 67.5 Datsun 1600 Many other large piles of car; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00446.html (11,064 bytes)
18. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: Wayne Lowry <hotwheels@longviewtx.net>; Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:20:23 -0500; Has anyone tried the gas charges lift cylinders on a sprite frontend? My first reaction to this idea was that the constant pressure might warp something! Bruce Lowry; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00448.html (10,866 bytes)
19. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 07:45:45 -0700; If I unhook the cable stops mine will rotate until the bonnet hits the LM --Original Message-- From: Mike Gigante <mikeg@vicnet.net.au> To: David Ramsey <dwramsey@worldnet.att.net>; Larry and Sandi M; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00456.html (11,604 bytes)
20. Re: Bugeye Front-Hinging Hood (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 07:55:36 -0700; All who asked I found the drawings that show the relationship of the hinge to the car and to the bonnet. I could not find the scale drawings that I made of the hinge. I seem to recall sending the ori; /html/spridgets/1998-08/msg00457.html (10,599 bytes)

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