Getting the bonnet prepped to go back on, happy days as its the only bit that doesn't need any real work on it, but the bushes and other bits that make up the hinges either side are missing. Does anyone have any spares or for that matter a piccy they can upload showing how it's supposed to operate so as I can copy something? Primitive lathe tech is available :)
Saab 96 1971 Datsun 120y coupe 1975 Saab 9000 CSE turbo 1993 VW T5 LWB 2012
This old post covers the components, so you can check what might be missing. Some of my images are not showing so will see what can be recovered. ADDIT - It appears I have deleted some images of the bonnet hinge from Photobucket. Curiously I seem to have deleted them from my hard drive too ??
I have just discovered on mine that the bracket where all the gubbry attaches to the bonnet is fractionally moving. Might be worth checking before you paint a bonnet.(Hood for those on the other side of the pond)
After I had resprayed the bonnet I made up a couple of the nylon bushes and one of the missing pins and refitted the bonnet. It's not bad considering the crude nature of the components, using some washers as spacers will get the bonnet lined up better laterally, sorting out the cavernous panel gaps at the scuttle end harder :)
Saab 96 1971 Datsun 120y coupe 1975 Saab 9000 CSE turbo 1993 VW T5 LWB 2012
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The Saab bonnet and how it operates...
Posted - 09 May 2020 : 20:20:40 
