QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Sep 3 2013, 09:42 PM)
QUOTE(r_towle @ Sep 3 2013, 05:36 PM)
Is that Erics car....OH NOOOOO
I thought there was a way to tell who was posting....
What happened?
rich
Some dumb@$$ was tuning carbs and went for a test drive... Without the hood pins!!
We'll do a proper fix in a couple of weeks. Cowl work and repaint (cowl only). All good. Tweaked the crap out of the hinge plates.
Wow,
eric that hurts!! i know it doesnt help much but, I did the same thing to my '69 Austin Healy back in the day. after tuning the carbs, went for a test drive, left for school, and on my way there, up flew the hood!, buckled the cowl, i had a 1/2" gap between the window frame and the cowl in the center, and damaged the hinge plate attachements on the body, and pulled loose where the hinges were attached to the hood as well. I was sick to my stomach for days, so i know how you must feel. i am sure you will have it fixed in no time, right after you send rebuild my calipers, right?
now let the
begin