NickTruman Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hi On my mid-engined Spitfire as i have no engine up front I do need to open the bonnet as it does, so i want to lose the over-riders and fabricate a new front that will channel air through the radiator and up through the bonnet like my old ferrari dino does. This means I have to move the front hinges, has anyone done this? I saw an article about fitting mk2 bumber to a mkiv, but some elements of the hinges stayed in front of the fropnt cross member.. fingers crossed Regards Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Way ahead of you there, Nick!! Just leave it for a year or two and Nature will do the rest... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickTruman Posted February 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: Way ahead of you there, Nick!! Just leave it for a year or two and Nature will do the rest... thats how mine was when i bought it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 A number of people have moved "Roundtail" hinges in board, so must be possible on "Squaretails" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickTruman Posted March 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 On 27/02/2020 at 20:57, thescrapman said: A number of people have moved "Roundtail" hinges in board, so must be possible on "Squaretails" as well. Thanks, I'll google this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 The Bond series of cars don't have front overriders at all, but their bonnets are front-opening, so they must have some kind of hidden hinge system. Might be worth seeing how they look under the bonnet, in case there's any kind of setup that can be adapted for yours? There was also a very well-known GT6 a few years back that was modified at the front to lose the overriders completely; I can't find photos of it but am sure I've some somewhere about. I think it was a MK2? I did manage to find this racing Spitfire from Stafford 1997 that had no front overriders, if anyone knows more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlubikey Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Also, look for David Picton's green spitfire - a Mk2 I think. He did hidden hinges on that, as well as all the other mods - 6-cylinders, Lucas PI, etc. I posted on that some years ago, but forgotten which forum. Cheers, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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