When you find the drawings I too would be happy to use struts when I put my car back together when painting is complete
Hadley
--- On Sat, 8/7/10, Ed Price <> wrote:
From: Ed Price <>
Subject: RE: [General Amphicar Discussion-t-20852] Re: Support Rod Question???
To: hadleyohlinger@yahoo.ca
Received: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 9:18 PM
David:
As the Germans like documentation, might there be a drawing of the mounting
of those hood struts?
Ed Price
IAOC Membership Registrar
El Cajon, CA USA
WB6WSN
1961 Amphicar 770
1987 MB 420SEL
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From: DavidC [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 1:36 PM
To: edprice@cox.net
Subject: RE: [General Amphicar Discussion-t-20852] Re: Support Rod
Question???
They are both front, you can tell by the ends.
There are other options on the front that work better. Some of the Germans
use hydraulic struts as used on a modern car. One each side they
automatically hold it open but another benefit is you can fit them in an
over centre way so they hold the hood down as well - then you don't need to
worry about that stupid safety catch as it removes the risk of the hood
lifting and smashing in to the windshield if you forget to lock it.
I'll try and find some photos, it's on my list of jobs to do.
David C