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I used to open the catch & trap the end in the extended spring, release & It used to stay put

I'm with Budster..

The Mk1 flexible stay arrangement.

It's a Morgan..!!

First time attempt uploading pics so fingers crossed. These show my home brewed bonnet stay arrangement using 6mm rod end bearings and QM5 quick release spring loaded ball joints from Bearingboys. Plus 6mm aluminium rod and some fabricated aluminium brackets. Once in place the ball joint fixes firmly to the rod. Total materials cost is less than £20 a pair.

Great photos Chris!

Cheers Rob.

Fabricating improvement items in the garage for the Morgan is a great substitute for what I used to do on the race bikes!

I love the spring loaded ball joints idea, I'm going to convert mine to this.

My simple solution:

Most professional and independant fixed bonnet stay solutions appear to employ the fixed lower rear bonnet catch (bolted to top inner edge of wing) and its matching spring loaded catch bracket on the bonnet to support same when open. This would work fine on my 3.7 Roadster for the nearside, but drivers side (RHD) has an extended bulkhead that requires a flat lower catch bracket bolted to the outside of footwell housing, the holes for which can be seen below adjacent to thin red line mark on wing.



This precludes attaching the pivoting bonnet stay to the inside of this lower catch as with nearside. Thoughts are to drill a hole above this bracket to support the bonnet stay pivot with large spreader washers each side to add support from the thin aluminium, subject to access and clearance when bonnet closed of course. I just wondered if anyone had come up with an alternate solution for this particular model.

Hi Richard,

Could you have a right angled section brazed/welded to the right hand side of the catch plate. It doesn't have to accommodate a fitting as elaborate as used by Themorganeer, just wide enough for a small ball joint and long enough for stability?

Or, a wider section bolted to the face of the catch bracket (using original holes) again extending far enough to fix the ball joint.

Just thoughts.