[TR] 1974 TR6 Bonnet Fit

[Cliff Hansen]

Here's my theory which could be completely bunk - the corners are too high, 
rather than the middle being too low.  On both 4As I have owned, this was 
the case due to people dropping the bonnet to close it, rather than letting 
it down onto the pins.  You might try sighting down the edges and see if 
there is any upward curvature from the front to back.

Cliff


-----Original Message----- 
From: Bob
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 6:45 AM
To: William Brewer ; Triumphs
Subject: Re: [TR] 1974 TR6 Bonnet Fit

Mine sits flush through the middle section and the ends are too high......
and the hood locating pins aren't the cause. I talked to a restoration shop
and a body shop and the only fix is to "spring" the hood. There was a thread
in the 6-Pack Forum about 6 months ago that went into excellent detail with
pictures showing how one guy did it with excellent results. So far I'm too
chicken to try it.

You could try fooling around with the hood fastener assemble to see if it's
pulling your hood down too tight but I doubt that's the problem as that
could make your hood very difficult to open.

Bob


Bob Danielson
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/

1975 TR6 modified with:
-Throttle Body Injection
-Toyota 5 Speed
-Nissan Differential
-AAW Wire Harness
-CVJs... and more

-----Original Message----- 
From: William Brewer
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 2:15 AM
To: Triumphs
Subject: [TR] 1974 TR6 Bonnet Fit

     I am still fooling around with getting body panels to fit right on my
TR6. My bonnet (hood) seems really low at the center in the back. With the
rear corners fitting flush, the center of the hood sits about 1/4" lower
than
the cowl behind it. I have checked for bodywork and bondo, but haven't found
any. The car did take a hit to the front left corner, but I doubt it could
have done this. The hood looks straight.
     I have been thinking of making a
wooden jog and trying to recurve the trailing edge of the hood. This might
work and it might be a disaster that I would regret trying. Do any other
1974
TR6's have this hood problem?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39699927@N08/12872603274/

     Bill Brewer

Tehachapi, CA

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