John,
Do not grind on the hood (bonnet)! Take an "old" brass endcap and use it as
stock to cut a shim to be slipped into the hinge first (front or rear, as
required). very precise fore and aft alignment can be had this way.
I think that the question originally asked was side to side skew however.
As Gerg so aptly said, this is a much more complex problem.
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John T. Blair [SMTP:jblair@exis.net]
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 6:01 PM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Alignment of the bonnet halfs.
>
>
>
> 3. I'm about to try a similar thing, but I'm going to try and play with
> the
> brass end plates for the hinges. My car is completely finished, but
> the
> hood moves for and aft on the hinge. It can be positioned so it is
> fitting
> nicely over the eng. bay. But it doesn't stay there. It moves. Since
> new end caps are only about $12 ea, I've ordered 2 new ones. I'm going
> to
> try and put new end caps on the hing and hope that they are longer then
> my
> original ones. Then grind each side of the end plate to adjust the
> position of the hinge. If necessary, I will braze and extension on the
>
> end plates.
>
> John
>
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
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