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#99686 - 29/07/12 11:12 AM
Re: Bonnet supports
[Re: Gambalunga]
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Registered: 15/01/12
Posts: 2022
Loc: Perth, WA, Australia
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Look quite different from mine - mine came from HoE, and fit in to the bonnet spring. Simple yet effective.
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#99692 - 29/07/12 11:50 AM
Re: Bonnet supports
[Re: Richard - Aus]
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South Wales Correspondent
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Registered: 26/05/09
Posts: 2105
Loc: South Wales UK
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Look quite different from mine - mine came from HoE, and fit in to the bonnet spring. Simple yet effective. I've got the HoE struts and am very pleased with them. The only thing I did find was that they were a bit of a tight fit into the spring attachments plus the fact that the ends of the rods weren't that well finished. sing a fine file I chamfered the ends of the rods which looked better and gave a slightly easier fit In order to get the chamfers on each rod matching, before I started filing I marked each rod with engineer's blue regards G
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#99695 - 29/07/12 12:13 PM
Re: Bonnet supports
[Re: GLLHG]
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Talk Morgan Expert
Registered: 15/01/12
Posts: 2022
Loc: Perth, WA, Australia
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Hi there,
I agree they are a tight fit in to their own brackets (not least as one rubs - just - against my coil). Seems that the stays have to bend a little to fit in to the bracket, equally guess they will not come loose this way. Ends of mine seem OK though.
Likewise I'm very pleased with them.
R.
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#99703 - 29/07/12 01:49 PM
Re: Bonnet supports
[Re: Richard - Aus]
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Talk Morgan Expert
Registered: 03/09/11
Posts: 2218
Loc: Mandello del Lario, Lake Como,...
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Look quite different from mine - mine came from HoE, and fit in to the bonnet spring. Simple yet effective. The Borghi struts are like that but the can not restrain the bonnet against a gust of wind. these are much better and lighter.
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#99758 - 30/07/12 07:50 AM
Re: Bonnet supports
[Re: Gambalunga]
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Learner Plates Off!
Registered: 09/07/09
Posts: 448
Loc: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
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 that looks quite sophisticated - good job! Where did you purchase the struts please? Thank you!
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#99775 - 30/07/12 12:01 PM
Re: Bonnet supports
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Learner Plates Off!
Registered: 27/08/08
Posts: 480
Loc: Powick
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Lovely job, most impressed; it puts my loop of string (which I hook round the front bonnet catches) to shame  Bud I imagine your string puts my elastic bands to shame.
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#99790 - 30/07/12 02:36 PM
Re: Bonnet supports
[Re: numog]
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Talk Morgan Expert
Registered: 03/09/11
Posts: 2218
Loc: Mandello del Lario, Lake Como,...
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that looks quite sophisticated - good job! Where did you purchase the struts please? Thank you! They are made by Raphael Mouren. He and his wife have a very nice "Morgan" bed and breakfast at La Farlède near Toulon in France. More on this (with photos) soon. He is a Morgen enthusiast and a member of the French equivalent of Talk Morgan - Old Morgan Addict - le forum Send me a PM and I will give you his email address and phone number.
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#99829 - 30/07/12 08:36 PM
Re: Bonnet supports
[Re: Gambalunga]
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Registered: 19/04/12
Posts: 21
Loc: Derbyshire, UK
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I am new to talk Morgan and this is my 1st posting. I have owned 4/4,plus 8 and currently have a Roadster 100. I have made and sold bonnets stays mainly through eBay ( approx 200 sets), I am about to make another batch and have slightly modified the original design. These fit most models (early cars and mk1 roadster due to air filter can be a problem) these stays are designed to be fitted without any drilling, I will put photos on the posting later
If anyone is interested then contact me and I will send details.
Looking forward to joining in the forums and sharing some of my Morgan moments, Just done 2700 mile 3 weeks tour around Europe
Many thanks
Steve
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