<div dir="auto">Hi Mark,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have found it very easy to fully lift a front-hinged metal bonnet with one hand, compared with lifting the original bulkhead-hinged one, which, like you, I had great difficulty lifting with two hands, especially so when the front bumper was mounted.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ron.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun 20 Aug 2023, 18:03 Mark via Spridgets, <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Arial">I have this weird problem. I have a Bugeye that
I have had for years, it runs and drives great but only gets used
a few times a year. My problem is raising the bonnet. Thanks to
a COVID vaccine reaction I lost my brachial plexus nerve in my
right arm. So essentially I am limited to the use of one arm
(left) and one arm isn't enough, for me, to raise the Bugeye
bonnet. I can still use my other motor functions to shift and
drive the car fine. I am thinking that I need some sort of device
to attach to the ceiling to lift it up with mechanical assist. I
am resisting the temptation to just use a multi part block and
tackle with a loop around the chrome handle. My other thought is
to tilt it forward with a kit form somewhere, I think there are
several out there. I haven't ever used a forward tilt and not
sure how much "lifting" is needed? I can get help when I really
need it but would rather be able to do it my self on my schedule.
Suggestions? <br>
<br>
Mark<br>
Nashville<br>
58 Bugeye<br>
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