Turn the wheel to the right and reach up under the driver's side fender.
Find the cable and give it a pull. It will pop the bonnet every time!
Kent
1960 Bugeye (no bonnet release!)
----- Original Message -----
From Doug Ingram <dougi at home.com>
To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 12:06 AM
Subject: Broken bonnet release cable
> This weekend, I'm going to look at what sounds like an early HAN8 Sprite,
> which has been in storage for years. (The current owner insists that it is
a
> 1963, but as it has roll up windows, it can't be.) He told me that the
> bonnet release cable is broken, and that the bonnet is firmly in the down
> and latched position.
>
> Assuming the cable is not broken right at the latch, does any one have
> advice on the best way to get at the cable from underneath to release the
> bonnet?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Doug Ingram
> Victoria BC
> 1958 Sprite (AN5L/636)
> 1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
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