They're definitely not available new chaps.
Excluding the Stag, these hood catches were fitted to all Triumph convertibles from 1959 to 1980. Despite not being reproduced, because they had a production run of over 21 years and were used on the Herald, Vitesse, Spitfire, TR4, TR5 & TR6 models there are still plenty used ones out there, expect to pay anything from £50 to £80 for a set depending on condition.
There are indeed plenty of new over centre catches on the market to choose from, however, I ran a 1960 Triumph Herald convertible as my daily drive in the early 90's so I knew the Triumph items well and realised they're way nicer quality than all the new over centre catch options, my perfect condition set cost me just £55 so they were'nt too expensive either. I didn't use the Triumph catch receivers though, as you can see from the video I fitted stainless hooks instead, I bought these from an online chandler and pop riveted them to the lower rear hood rail while the catches themselves were screwed through upper section of the parcel shelf and ultimately into the ash frame using nice countersunk wood screws with the correct head size.
Choosing the right fasteners is important, especially the pop rivets, you need really strong fixings because there's a lot of tension on the hood. I also used a second self adhesive rubber seal bonded to Monty's rear deck so the factory lower hood rail seal now mates up to it for a nice rubber to rubber fit. The deck seal I added is quite large section and formed from a very soft and compressible type of foam rubber, I chose this squishy type seal as I'd noted the lower hood rail profile is not uniform, my new highly deformable deck seal ensures all the gaps are taken up when I snap the Triumph catches shut. This gives a super watertight and draught free seal and because its black rubber on rubber its invisible and looks completely stock, with the hood lowered I've also found this arangement eliminates all squeeks and rattles while protecting the rear deck from scratches in Monty's paint.
I have to say I'm super happy with the setup and I definitely won't be returning to Morgan's cable released MGB bonnet pin idea, I'm sure it's great when its working but on Monty I found it was very fussy about pin alignment and the release cable is also very exposed to damp so tends to seize up. I also noted my Everflex hood has quite a bit of tension in it so the pins need to be perfectly adjusted to latch and stay latched, I tried all sorts of adjustment of the pins, their receivers, and even the hood frame itself but none of my attempts to make the system work perfectly gave a 100% satisfactory result.
So I fitted the Triumph hood catches and never looked back, I conclude that sometimes the simplest solutions are the best
And there are plenty on Ebay chaps
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...p;_nkw=vitesse+hood+catches&_sacat=0
