Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Hood release

The short hood release cable at the release handle has broken on my easy up hood ,anyone any advice on fitting a new one.
I have a replacement due this week .

It's a dreadful system Peter, so I decided to replace it with some traditional hood catches.



In the above video I was still using one of the original locking pins and releasing it with a run of paracord to replace the awful cable system, laterly I removed that last pin too and the paracord, I now just use the two Triumph Herald hood catches.

The only minor disadvantage is you need to be sat in the car to release my Herald catches, but it's really no inconvenience at all. I just reach behind and the hood is released in a second, when putting the hood up I fit the two header rail catches first as normal and then close the Herald catches while sitting in the car to tension the hood.

The system is super simple and looks period correct, but above all it replaces the dreadful Morgan cable operated bonnet release pin system with something that's completely reliable and effective.

For people looking for chrome catches and wanting to buy new, while researching I also found these options:

OPTION 1:



The above are available from Vintage Supplies at £55.00 a set plus postage.

https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/products/303-over-centre-catch-2


OPTION 2:

For the same money the following are available from Woolies the trim people:



https://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/p-1132-small-over-centre-catch


OPTION 3:

And finally for those on a tighter budget you can find these Chinese made catches all over Ebay & Temo etc for around £15 a pair.






In the end I decided for the same money as options 1 & 2 a set of the very sturdy Triumph hood catches would look best, and be strong enough to deal with the hood tension too.





They also function as a nice reminder of my first restoration, my much loved and long since gone Triumph Herald convertable