One option on speedometer calibration is to take it to someone who does
speedometer calibration checks. The local Chevy dealer here does them on a
big roller gizmo for about 15 bucks. Last time I had a car done, I got a
sheet that listed indicated and actual speed in 10-mph increments.
My bonnet has the same problem that yours does. I was tentatively going to
make up some fittings from scrap wood that would let me stick my little
1-1/2-ton bottle jack in the wheel opening and jack the lower corners apart.
If you come up with something that works, please share it!
Tom Zuchowski
'61 Bugeye
Clemmons, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: Daryl and Jennifer May <mayfam@sprynet.com>
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Sunday, October 18, 1998 10:58 PM
Subject: Finally
>Finally got the Bugeye out on the road after a 2 -year rebuild. Still not
>finished (furnishings and paint required, plus windshield to be installed),
>BUT SHE IS A REAL GOER, WITH A NICE THROATY ROAR AND TIGHT STEERING. A
>great feeling.
>
>Two questions:
>
>1. Anyone know what speed I am doing when my Datsun tranny speedo cable
>indicates 30 mph on the Healey speedo?
>
>2. The hood is not a good fit on the left side of the car. Some sort of
>accident has bowed it up in the area just behind the wheel about an inch
>and a bit, and so it is also a little forward at its rear end down low (in
>front of the door pillar). What it needs is to be pushed down over the
>left front wheel, and then it should nicely follow the body contour.
>Anyone done this before and can advise the best way? I figure I need to
>take the hood off the car, support it front and back on wood blocks, and
>then load it in some way in the place described.
>
>Daryl
>
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