I am getting organised to work on my '60 bug next year, and one of the things I have noticed is that the bonnet has been bent in the past, presumably its been put up and 'propped' with the manual prop (which I assume was standard for this model - in the bay, towards the rear, passenger side - kind of like a folding scissor action setup?). I reckon that people have tried to push the bonnet down without unlocking the prop and kinked the bonnet towards the passenger side. As a result, there is a gap (when the bonnet is down) on the passenger side, and from memory the bonnet catch doesn't meet with whatever it meets with to lock down (technical talk).
The bonnets flexes a bit and I'm hoping to be able to bend it back into shape to make it fit again. What I'd like to know is how I should do that. Just bend it while its fitted to the car? Remove it and flex it? Can it be (say) fitted to another bonnet and flexed to the same shape?
Ideas? Thanks......there will be more questions as I get ready to work the '60....
phantom Wolfsburg Wizard
598 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·