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1. Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:09:17 -0500; Square body Spridget owners For your own safety and piece of mind, grab the front lip of your bonnet, wiggle it vigorously from side to side and up and down, see if it unlatches. The 67 Sprite I am w; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01065.html (8,040 bytes)
2. RE: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:39:14 -0800; Yep... been there, done that, except it in the Cruiser, at 75 mph and the windshield shatterd and I was covered in glass. The bonnet still has some scars from that one, I don't thankfully. Not fun,; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01066.html (7,387 bytes)
3. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:10:26 -0800; Good tip, Frank. For a while, my bonnet would pop open often. The safety would hold it, but it was still unnerving. I found that when the grille is removed, it is easy to see what is going on with th; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01067.html (9,573 bytes)
4. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 20:49:08 -0500; My 74 had the same problem. Fortunately, I found the problem at low speed, but the saftey latch didn't do much good. The bonnet came up to full open and locked position at about 30 MPH.... The road j; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01068.html (8,002 bytes)
5. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 21:08:11 -0500; Y'all are scaring me now!! Bob; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01069.html (8,009 bytes)
6. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:33:01 -0800; Frank, I once drove my bug-i from Reno to Sack-o-tomato with the bonnet unlatched at 70-80 mph and no safety catch. It never showed any sign of lifting. Just the thought of what could have happened..; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01071.html (9,092 bytes)
7. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 21:39:47 -0500; Had the same problem on my 77 Midget. The bonnet/latch must have been misadjusted since the problem went away when I took the bonnet off and then re-installed the bonnet. Gilroy; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01073.html (7,975 bytes)
8. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:02:25 -0500; How about hood pins ala t he Cobra types? Anyone know where to get them? Roger Cotting; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01122.html (8,838 bytes)
9. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:13:00 -0000; any of the reproduction cobra company's out there. they all use them. chuck. -- Original Message -- From Roger Cotting <rbc at ili.net> To: Ryan James Irwin <rirwin@iusb.edu> Cc: Spridget List <sprid; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01123.html (9,490 bytes)
10. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:14:49 EST; How about bonnet straps instead? www.autostorica.com #21 a pair. Daniel1312; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01132.html (7,319 bytes)
11. RE: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:05:16 -0700; When I was a younger man (kid) , Me and a buddy were driving a ' 65 Midget on an empty stretch of freeway. The road was slightly down hill. We decided to open the throttle (WFO) , and see what she co; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01144.html (9,392 bytes)
12. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 23:33:54 -0500; It is an issue in a bugeye if you're going over 90 mph. Found that one out the hard way. It didn't do the bonnet hinges any good. The windshield wipers took a beating, but not our heads, thank goodne; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01147.html (7,647 bytes)
13. RE: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 21:59:11 -0700; Hi Amy, I guess that you did not have the bonnet locked closed ? Perhaps the locking mechanism is missing ? It should be impossible for a stock bonnet to lift at speed. I'm glad that you are ok. BTW,; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01148.html (8,187 bytes)
14. Re: Safety Check (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 01:01:11 -0500; You're right -- the bonnet was not latched. There's a long story about this, but here's the short version: -- Our club went on a drive through the Smokies -- Healium vapor locked in sloooooow traffic; /html/spridgets/2000-12/msg01149.html (9,916 bytes)

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