Day 60 - A frustrating evening

Dan can round one evening to assist me mounting the bonnet in place on the car and mount the aero locks to the bonnet.  The first problem was deciding which locks we had the Aeros were either model 120 or 125 but it didn’t state which they were and the instructions for each were on opposite sides of the page and the cutout had different radi and where the difference was noted a 0.4mm the reality was there was a 4mm difference.  So it was out with the callipers to check and double check.  Once we had decided which profile we were cutting to we taped templates to the sides of the bonnet based on a centre line drawn parallel to the lower edge of the bonnet.  Things didn’t look right we checked and measured again the measurements seem right but the angle of the template looked wrong on the bonnet.  I decided this wasn’t happening and reckoned we would stand a better chance once the bonnet was mounted on the car.  If, as with a number of occasions with this car, there were no fast rules or measuring points as to where things need to be exactly it would be a case of where ever looks right.

So to mounting the bonnet we lay the bonnet on the car and clamped the brackets to the bonnet.  I had a good look round to find the bonnet was actually resting on the power steering reservoir and the oil filler. So we lifted the height on the bracket adjustments and tried again.  This time is was clear of the engine but the back edge was fouling on the “A” pillar on the passenger side.  I was not about to start cutting the back of the bonnet at this time of night so we finished some what frustrated at the lack of progress.