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Re: hood latches

Subject: Re: hood latches
From: James Charles Ruwaldt <jruwaldt@indiana.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 09:55:08 -0500 (EST)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
This is a solution which has been suggested many times.  What I was 
asking is whether anyone has attempted the actual transplanting of the 
latch itself to the left side so that the original handle could be used.
Jim Ruwaldt
'72 TR6 CC79338U(being restored)


On Tue, 20 May 1997 emanteno@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> Peter Mchugh wrote:
> > 
> >      I've seen a second (back-up) bonnet release installed on the right
> >      side, exactly as the original is mounted on the left (for U.S., left
> >      hand drive cars).
> > 
> 
> I have done this with an inexpensive manual choke conversion kit. There
> was even a perfectly placed hole in the firewall for the cable. You can
> get a lot of peace of mind for under $10.00.
> 
> Irv
> 74 TR6 CF22767U
> Highland Park, IL
> 
> 

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