bonnet - removing central chrome strip

[neil.henderson]

Hi,
I need to take the top 2 halves of my bonnet apart so that I can send the central chorme strip to another P3 owner here - he is restoring a P3 (good news) and needs the strip.
I can't work out how to separate the 2 halves of the bonnet top. I have searched my manuals and this forum (though I may have missed an answer).

Any tips gratefull received!!

Many Thanks Neil Henderson
BTW this is the 2nd guy here in Australia that I'm supply old parts to - we'll be flooded with P3's soom...................

[47p2]

I would suspect that you need to place the bonnet upside down and withdraw the steel pin (which runs the full length of the bonnet hinge) from one of the ends

[luli]

You can watch pictures of the hood restoration here, and see its detailes:
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[neil.henderson]

Finally managed to separate the bonnet - you were right 47P2 - the rod needs to be pulled out to allow the 2 halves to separate. The rod in my bonnet hadn't moved since 1948 (I think) so was a tad stiff, but an overnight soaking in WD40 helped moved things along a bit.
So, I can now supply Trevor Dunne in Rathmines NSW) with boxes of bits to help his P3 restoration

So thanks again to the RSR Forum Regards Neil

[47p2]

Glad you managed to get it sorted out Neil

[bonner]

Neil can you post some pics here? I want to know what you have done with bonnet? Usually I am going to garage if I want to do any work related to vehicle but I am also learning to do by myself.