[TR] Spitfire Bonnet Question

[Alex & Janet Thomson]

Marty - Take a look at the parts diagrams from Spitbits. Their web address
is http://www.spitbits.com.  Maybe they can help.
Alex Thomson

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[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of marty sukey
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 9:36 AM
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Subject: [TR] Spitfire Bonnet Question

Need some advice or a picture. Let me see if I can butcher up this
description good enough to totally lose you. I have a 64 Spitfire and where
the bonnet mounts to the frame it is as follows. There are two vertical
uprights as part of the frame. Then there are two U shaped channels that
slide into the uprights and are held in place with two 5/16" bolts each. The
bonnet has two arms that stick out with disc on the end. these disc drop
into the U shaped channels ad a 5/16" bolt goes through the two pieces
holding them in place.
Now for the questions, the disc are 1/4" narrower than the U channel so
there is side to side slop.  Also the holes in the U channel where the bolts
go through and then through the bonnet discs are slots to allow for up/down
adjustment. Did I loose you yet?  Currently there is nothing there to lock
the bonnet in place to keep it from floating side to side in the U channel
and also up and down in the slots. I thought about making up spacers but if
I did that and tightened the bolt down to lock it in place then it would be
locked in place and kept from rotating to open the bonnet also. So, are
these just made to float around like this or am I missing some pieces?
Thanks,Marty

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