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#1 Convertible hood brackets

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:12 pm
by Hugo
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.

#2 Re: Convertible hood brackets

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:26 pm
by Geoff Allam
It is accessible through the wheel well, usually nicely rusted.

#3 Re: Convertible hood brackets

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:08 am
by Hugo
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.