Convertible hood brackets

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#1 Convertible hood brackets

Post by Hugo » Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:12 pm

I am in the process of trimming my Series 2 convertible, and I have hit a puzzle. There is a bracket on each side just behind the door where the folding frame attaches. This is attached by two 5/16 bolts fixed to each bracket that project down into the bodywork, with nuts underneath. The front nut is accesible through a hole in the panel, ut the rear nut is not.
How on Earth do you access it?
I am minded to just trim around the bracket, but this has got me utterly baffled and I would like to get to the bottom of it.
Hugo Miller - rebuilding an imported Series II OTS & converting to RHD

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#2 Re: Convertible hood brackets

Post by Geoff Allam » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:26 pm

It is accessible through the wheel well, usually nicely rusted.
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#3 Re: Convertible hood brackets

Post by Hugo » Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:08 am

Haha - sneaky! I didn' think of looking there. I am fortunate in having a US import from the Confederacy (S or N Caroliana, I can never remember which - it belonged to a Mister Mistr!)), so there is no rust, & they came off easily enough.
Thanks.
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