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The bonnet realigning moved into its last phase (can’t believe how long its took) which focused on the rear edge,
For a start the bonnet was jacked up on 2 cut down rubber mount bobbins to make crude bumpers, these were part to blame for the ½” gap round the rear edge.
With those removed and the latch pulled down as far as it would go the fit was better but nowhere near right
All that was left to do was tweak the catch pin mounted on the bonnet, with that removed and a base measurement took And then re-bent to suit
Refitting saw it not latch properly due to being pushed further out, so remounting it on the bonnet 10mm further down towards the front of the car did the trick, now with the latch adjusted to suit the rear gap is almost mm perfect, a few cycles of hot / cold hot /cold from the engine should see it follow the curve of the wing tops more readily
The end result looks pretty good I think
Compared to how it used to look
Since I had to remove the scuttle panel to get better access to the catch and since it looked proper ropey I thought it a good idea to make a new one while I was at it
The old one was cracked and had shabby looking self-tappers holding it into place, so I bought some textured plastic core board since its very strong and lightweight, cut it slightly oversize to fill the gaps a bt better and divert rain further away from the bulkhead,
Made a new ally bracket to mount it and held in place with a single hidden self-tapper (bonnet closed)
Then for neatness I’ve just fitted a single washer jet tucked into the V of the bonnet, all in I’m happy with the outcome and will now focus on the doors……