bent bonnet hinge ??

tangerineT · Post by **tangerineT** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:20 am

Hi everyone

Just wondered if my bonnet hinge is bent or should it look like this ?

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:29 am

Just had a look at my 73T's original bonnet hinges.
Mine are like yours.

MT · Post by MT » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:32 pm

It should look like that.

tangerineT · Post by **tangerineT** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:54 pm

Good stuff

I was going to straighten them !

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:49 pm

I remember that temptation as they look wrong, but...

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:56 pm

I 'straightened' all the air guides plates that sit between the cylinders on the engine... then realised after I'd had them powder coats they were supposed to be dented/bent...

tangerineT · Post by **tangerineT** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:07 pm

Glad I'm not alone in wanting to straighten everything

I will leave them alone ,unless I can't get my bonnet to fit ..

I guess they probably tweaked all sorts of bits at the factory !

When I was 16 I worked at an austin dealership and one day I saw a car with two men hanging from it's open drivers door ..they were trying to bend the hinges so it would close !

All aggro I think from memory

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:55 pm

The inner wings where the hinges bolt follow the taper of the car's nose.
These sets make the bonnet hinge line square and stop binding.

I worked in Body in White in the late 80's around the world when I was engineering central locking systems, USA/Japan/Europe and saw a lot of doors set by wood blocks and a good heave in the right place.

Montego's in Cowley were quite prone...

DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

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