Bonnet Striker Pins/Plungers
Discussion
Having looked at all three of my cars
These will work with some adjustment to all cars as i have them working on my Vixen as well.
This work was done on the Vixen by Alan who did the initial restoration.
Interesting to see how he has approached it.
The Bulk head bracket has plastic spacers he made to bring the catch out from the bulkhead and the pins have an angled back plate as well as the glass fiber area being at an angle as usual he obviously did this in order to get the angle just righ.
Whatever he has done its certainly not exactly original however out of all my three cars the Vixen is the one that i dont think has ever had one of the sides come undone when closed properly.
Here are the pictures of my three which may be a help to others.
When i ordered these last week i thought they had made a mistake and not spot welded the nut on at the back however when they arrived they certainly are just much neater that i have seen others done.
MY VIXEN SET UP
MT TUSCAN SET UP
MY 3000S SET UP
CLOSE UP OF THESE PINS IN THE CATCH
Andrew
These will work with some adjustment to all cars as i have them working on my Vixen as well.
This work was done on the Vixen by Alan who did the initial restoration.
Interesting to see how he has approached it.
The Bulk head bracket has plastic spacers he made to bring the catch out from the bulkhead and the pins have an angled back plate as well as the glass fiber area being at an angle as usual he obviously did this in order to get the angle just righ.
Whatever he has done its certainly not exactly original however out of all my three cars the Vixen is the one that i dont think has ever had one of the sides come undone when closed properly.
Here are the pictures of my three which may be a help to others.
When i ordered these last week i thought they had made a mistake and not spot welded the nut on at the back however when they arrived they certainly are just much neater that i have seen others done.
MY VIXEN SET UP
MT TUSCAN SET UP
MY 3000S SET UP
CLOSE UP OF THESE PINS IN THE CATCH
Andrew
Just picked up on this thread and thought I'd add my 2 pennuth for what it's worth.
When I originally rebuilt my Vixen (back in the 80s) I had all manner of problems getting the bonnet catches to hold. despite much adjustment every time I thought it was sorted a few days later it would pop open. Usually in the most embarasing situations, imagine busy london traffic, apply brake, bonnet slowly glides fully open.
The way I eventually sorted it was to file down the locking tab. (The bit that holds in behind the plunger) . As standard it has a slight curve. I filed the curve much deeper and have never had a problem since. Opening and closing the bonnet can sometimes be a bit of an art form though but much better than staring at the inside of a bonned when braking.
When I originally rebuilt my Vixen (back in the 80s) I had all manner of problems getting the bonnet catches to hold. despite much adjustment every time I thought it was sorted a few days later it would pop open. Usually in the most embarasing situations, imagine busy london traffic, apply brake, bonnet slowly glides fully open.
The way I eventually sorted it was to file down the locking tab. (The bit that holds in behind the plunger) . As standard it has a slight curve. I filed the curve much deeper and have never had a problem since. Opening and closing the bonnet can sometimes be a bit of an art form though but much better than staring at the inside of a bonned when braking.
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