Supplement
for Early Cars
Fitting the
hood
cover. Assemble the tonneau rall and fit it into the hood support
sockets with the cross-rod towards the rear (Fig.
8).
Lay the hood cover over the tonneau rail and engage the rear edge retainer with
the two slotted anchor plates on the tonneau panel.
Engage the hood cover clips with their sockets on the body side panels and
secure the four fasteners on each rear quarter panel.
Secure the press-stud fasteners on the rear cockpit side panels.
Removing the hood cover. Reverse the fitting procedure.
Raising the hood. Move the seats forward. Release the hood securing straps, and
lift the hood header rail
~~pwards from the rear cockpit.
Pull the rear of the hood back allowing the back-light to unroll, rest it on the
tonneau panel, and unfold the quarler-lights.
Engage the hood rear rail with the slotted anchor plates on the tonneau panel.
Engage the hood quarter-light clips in their retaining sockets on the body side
panels.
Move the header rail forward to an approximately half-way position.
Return the seats to
a
normal position.
From inside the car move the header rail upwards; at the same time assist the
extension of the frame hinge links by pressing outwards on the link hinges and
forward on the front frame stick. Straighten the hinge links, and p~~ll the header
rail fully forward after first moving the sun visors to one side.
Engage the toggle fastener tongues in their sockets on the windscreen frame,
check that the rubber sealing strip is correctly positioned forward of the wind-
screen frame, and then fasten the toggle catches. Secure the press-stud fasteners
to the windscreen pillars, hood frame, and hood hinge plates. Secure the four
fasteners on each rear quarter panel.
Fig.
8
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