TR2 hood fitting

[Steven Polden]

Hi, I'm fitting a new hood (from Skinners), the existing hole for the lift-a-dot pegs seems too low down the wing, was there a peg higher up nearer the cockpit trims? I'm wondering when the car was resprayed these holes have inadvertently been filled. The peg I have seems to align with the tonneau and hood bag perfectly. There is a picture in my How to Restore a TR book that seems to show two pegs but I can't quite make it out. 

TIA

[BlueTR3A-5EKT]

Do you mean the Skinner hood does not reach down far enough on your TR2 to connect to the existing stud that both tonneau and hood stick cover will reach to?

In which case Skinner has sold you a hood for a car with Dzus type side screens not the TR2 wedge fitting type.  The peg moved up the 1/4 panel an inch or so when the rigid Dzus type sidescreen was introduced 

See pages 228 https://trf.zeni.net/TR2-TR3GB/328.php#navbar

&  238 here https://trf.zeni.net/TR2-TR3GB/338.php#navbar

 

[Lebro]

You beat me to it !  I had the same on my '3, ended up blanking the original hole, & fitted the stud in the later position.

Bob

[stuart]

45 minutes ago, BlueTR3A-5EKT said:

Do you mean the Skinner hood does not reach down far enough on your TR2 to connect to the existing stud that both tonneau and hood stick cover will reach to?

In which case Skinner has sold you a hood for a car with Dzus type side screens not the TR2 wedge fitting type.  The peg moved up the 1/4 panel an inch or so when the rigid Dzus type sidescreen was introduced 

See pages 228 https://trf.zeni.net/TR2-TR3GB/328.php#navbar

&  238 here https://trf.zeni.net/TR2-TR3GB/338.php#navbar

 

Correct, send it back and ask for a proper fitting one.

Stuart.