[Spridgets] Secret to removing bonnet lock / hood latch

[Rick Bastedo]

That's actually the point of the whole exercise.
It had this T-Bird / Buick hood scoop on there, which I've remedied by
removing that bonnet.
The thing just never looked right on a MK2 Sprite, then I got a Sprite hood
from a friend and painted it and put it on the car.
Now I'm just doing the finishing touches like the bonnet catch and lock and
maybe even a prop rod.
I also need to get it a little more centered, seems it's closer to one
fender than the other.

Rick B.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:50 AM, fastvee <fastvee at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I would find swapping hoods was more work than repairing the loose captive
> nut. I'd use a hole saw to remove the old section and splice in a new steel
> patch with the nut welded to it. Shouldn't even need to paint the hood. I am
> having to do the same thing underneath the car for the ground strap.
> John
> Fogelsville, PA
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> --- On *Mon, 8/16/10, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> From: Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com>
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> Thanks Frank, I'll try one of my other hoods - the captive nut will
> hopefully hold still on one of them.