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In Reply to: RE: The dust cover for my new VPI Prime came in last night... posted by EdAInWestOC on April 11, 2017 at 11:22:56
Yeah. That looks like it should really do the job. Hinged with a parking rod just like the hood over the engine in a car.
Impressive.
-Steve
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It also has a built-in door prop.
"When we look into the deepest space with our most powerful telescopes, we see only the past"
Its a thing of beauty.
The old Empire 598/698 was largely responsible for sucking me into this hobby. That table and big blue meters on black glass face plates of Mac components.
The Pioneer has a classic beauty that the Empire had.
Ed
We don't shush around here!
Life is analog...digital is just samples thereof
The last car I had that had a rod to hold up the bonnet was my 73 240-Z.
They still use them. My 2014 Honda CRV has a rod that holds the hood up!
Has a rod that holds the hood up. Its been a long time since I've been under the hood, so I do not recall.
That is also what its like to own a newer car Steve. My Z (her name is "Sophia") has served we well over the past 11+ years. It's pretty dammed fast (0-60mph in 5.2 secs, top speed 158 mph) and reliable.
I am faced with the prospect of either holding on to her or getting another car payment. She needs a few things to make her like new again but she now has 116K miles on the odometer. I don't like unreliable things. I have the habit of getting rid of them as soon as they cause me problems.
Ed
We don't shush around here!
Life is analog...digital is just samples thereof
...in British Racing Green. I bought that car used a few years out of high school, after wrecking my Datsun 510. ;-)
and those struts never worked. The hood would slowly but inevitably fall (on the back of your head, if you didn't pay attention).
1971 510 Datsun
It used to have a straight bumper, until I was rear-ended a few years back on hwy 99 Everett one rainy afternoon.
The other car that uses a rod to hold up the "bonnet" is a 1960 Morris Mini. Sorry, all my photos of that are on film. I'll remedy that when I get it back on the road sometime this year.
I guess you're right. I've had a few American cars that did not use a rod to prop up the hood. They have a built-in latch mechanism. Btw, what are modern cars like? I've never owned one. :)
-Steve
Cool!! The first car that I ever bought after saving up was a 1970 Datsun 510. This was around 1977. I wrecked it a couple years later then bought a used 71 Datsun 240Z.
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