Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Is there a cure for the "ears" on the hood ?

As I sit looking at the pouring rain I've remembered why I did the magnet thing in the first place.
So just in case it is of use to anyone......

I was using the car everyday, rain or shine and one of the annoying things was that if it was raining or had rained recently, when I opened the door water poured in to the leather sill trim. Apart from the worry of it seeping through the beading it also caused condensation if the sun came out.
So I glued a magnet to the "ear" and a similar magnet inside the hood to align with the magnet if I folded the ear upwards in order to open the door. This had an unforseen advantage that with the ear locked to the hood a sort of drainage channel was produced which fed the water to the rear. I could open the door and enter the car with no water coming in at all! And closing the door was simple, no fiddling with the hood ear. So entry was massively quicker if it was pouring with rain. All I had to do then was stretch my arm through the open window and pull the ear down.
Even better was that I could actually drive with the ear in the up position without causing leaking.
However, for neatness I then glued a metal disc to the perspex to hold the ear down.
I discovered that I could fold the ear up, enter the car and then just hit the roof on the inside causing the ear to bounce up and close itself to the down position.
It all worked really well.
Nick