[Healeys] Bonnet hinge on BT7

[Harold Manifold]

Simon,

The parts book, while not definitive, suggests the arms/hinges go on the
outside and the bolts face out. See attached.

Harold

On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM Richard Jim Hockert <rjhco459 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Its an adjustment, inside or outside or different on each side.  Make the
> gaps even.
>
> Best regards,
> Jim
>
> On Apr 3, 2025, at 3:40 AM, Simon Lachlan via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Or hood!
>
> So, I had my bonnet resprayed – don’t ask – and drove the car the 100
> yds(!) to the spray shop whereupon we could not decide whether the arms/hinges
> go outside or inside the mating surfaces on the bonnet ie to which the
> hinges are bolted. Of course, I should have taken a photo but was in a last
> minute panic for other and better reasons! (MkII BT7).
>
> In the end, we went with hinges outside, bolts facing inwards. Seems to
> work but was not easy to get a nice gap all round.
>
> What’s the collected wisdom?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
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