Hi all,
Has anyone come up with a better solution to the dreadful old bonnet release catches Morgan repurposed for their easy-up hood?
I absolutely love my Morgan but the one thing I can't stand are the awful hood catches, one of mine is especially problematic as no matter how I adjust the sliding plate and or the pin, it either refuses to latch or it latches and then won't release!
I seem to remember the same design was used on the MGA and I think I've seen them on other vehicles, maybe the Sherpa van? In my opinion the trouble is these sliding plate catches are bonnet catches and they were never that great at their intended duty of latching and releasing a bonnet, so I don't know what Morgan were thinking when they chose the design for latching and tensioning their easy-up hood.
In the Morgan application these old bonnet catches are under tensioning loads they were never designed to hold, to me a set of over-centre catches would have made much more sense.
Anyway, I'm keen to see if anyone has come up with something better?
Thanks, Dave.
