Frank, were the ends of your stays turned down
Equally - Very Good Ivo. Particularly as I was only 'monkeying' about myself.
The rod ends were straight Graham and unfortunately the suckers were oversized so I had to wrap the ends with the black tape to get then to fit on tight.
I saw Sid's post earlier and probably would have used his method but trying to source the parts was a pain so when I saw this one on ebay for £27.50 it removed the hassle.
(its like I am trying to find some narrow strip spring steel or plastic rod and 2cm binding to fabricate a Foldaway Wind Stopper using the MG Wind Stopper repair fabric I bought. The only thing so far could be an electricians 'pull through'
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I would have preferred the turned over end type to fit through the Spring like Sids but the rods are not long enough to reach the front catches if I was to do that to them. Equally I probably would not have been able to neatly bend the rod and at he correct angle for the base bend.
I notice that Sid uses the same front catch as mine but is using the adhesive strip which I thought may fail so I made the plates and pop riveted it to the plate before screwing to the car. The supplier sent a spare one which made me think 'Ha Ha' (then sods law - I dropped that one on the shed floor never to be seen again???)
If any part of my one fails than I will have to think again.
