Brilliant! - I'll make sure to compensate for this when the bonnet goes on.
Ciao! - Jim
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: I made this conversion on our MK1 GT6.
: My wife does not like the lack of
: originality but she likes being able to
: raise the bonnet by herself.
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: On the round tail cars like our GT6,
: the conversion involved a couple of
: very simple weldments to provide the
: lower anchor point. These picked up
: existing bolts so no frame/body mods
: were required. The top end attached to
: existing holes in the wheel arches.
: The wheel arch holes were enlarged from
: something like 1/4" to 5/16"
: to accept the gas spring studs and I
: used fender washers to spread the load
: out a bit.
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: To those about to make this for
: themselves I offer one caveat that I
: have not seen mentioned when this
: conversion is discussed. If there is
: any play or slop in the pivot bushings
: the bonnet attaches to, be prepared for
: the bonnet to be pushed
: "back" towards the rear of
: the car when it is down/closed. The
: backwards motion will close the gap
: between the back edge of the bonnet and
: the front edge of he doors. We lost
: paint on our bonnet and doors because
: of this. Re-adjusting the bonnet a
: bit forward corrected this on our car.
: Please learn from my mistake.
:
: Doug L.
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: Never seen one, I think you will need
: to
: engineer and build one yourself
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: Where can I purchase a hydraulic ram
: set
: for the bonnet of a GT6 to replace the
: single prop rod
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