David.H Wrote:Bit the bullet to repaint the bonnet. Is it really only held in place by the centre bolt? (and the side clips of course)
If so any particular arrangement of washers - spring, penny? and nuts to hold it down? The handles on mine are each held on by 4x3BA round head slotted screws with locknuts. Slotted raised countersunk might be better (but I haven't got any of them to hand!)
Yep, that's the location/fixing for all the early bonnets. I haven't established what the original method of spacing was, I have a small rectangular piece of steel with the edges bent over on one of my cars, maybe original? Fits over the channel section. The chummy has a brass spacer that I made up. All my cars now have wing nuts to allow the bonnet to be removed quickly - I think that much at least is original.
Regarding the handles, these were originally rivetted to the bonnet but if they are screwed, it usually indicates that the car has been resprayed by someone who took great care, possibly in the deep past, as it's very difficult to get a good finish when painting the bonnet sides with the handles in place.