Bob,
You mentioned that the right half bonnet had the correct engine number
stamped in it. What engine number is stamped into the left half? Where it
came from could be traced from that.
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Nogueira [SMTP:nogera@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 9:32 AM
> To: aMORGANS@autox.team.net
> Subject: Trivia
>
> -- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
>
> Okay gang I have a question here Having finished the doors I have
> started
> on the bonnet of the DHC. While measuring I noticed that the left side
> bonnet was different from the right. The left side must have been
> replaced
> some time in the past as the right side does have the proper engine
> number
> stamped on it . The difference is in the louvers and height of the
> bonnet
> at the louvers. It appears ( Hell it doesn't just appear it shouts )
> that
> someone folded the bottom edge of the bonnet up about a 1 1/2 inches to
> get
> it to fit the fender. The louvers as well appear to be about 1 inch lower
> on
> the left side. Note that the front half is original so the foldover
> tapers
> to nothing about a foot from the leading edge of the bonnet. The bonnet
> fits
> normally in all other respects. From this I would assume that it came off
> a
> Morgan which had a much more pronounced "S: curve about half way down
> the
> fender.
>
> Of note is that being a DHC there are no louvers on top .
> So can anyone shed some light on this apparent modification the factory
> made to the fender and bonnet line ?
>
>
> Bob Nogueira
>
> PS : this is all trivial because I'm going to use the this freak bonnet
> since as Chuck Harris once said about miss matched wheel trim rings "
> Not
> to worry, You can only see one half of t he car at a time "
>
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