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doh, dented landrover :(

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landraver:
"the body just wobbles and flaps about evriwhere!"

Yours or the car's :lol:  :lol:

Bush Tucker Man:
Years ago, when I had the 2A Light-Weight, SWMBO was driving it.
We were between Holmfirth & The Flouch Inn on the A616 & in convoy with a friend in his 101GS
I was looking at the OS map for the next lane & it went dark, I didn't think we passed under the old railway bridge yet.
SWMBO shrieked, I looked uo & the bonnet was over the screen. Thankfully she had presence of mind to 'hunker down' & look under it

All of a sudden, Whoosh!!, it's gone over the roof.
It landed about 20yards behind us

Thankfully Mick was well back & didn't run over it.

Even more thankfully no-one was in the space where it landed

On inspection (bar a folded corner), it was found that the catch had shaken loose, unscrewed & left the 'slam-panel'.
Then with a mixture of wind resistance & vibration it left the hinges

I certainly don't want anything like that happening again!!!

(the Discovery used to worry me, as the corners flexed at anything over about 60-65mph :shock: )

Lee_D:
Our 97 Disco the cable handle sometimes fouls the plastic trim keeping it in a semi pulled out position. Worth checking as will have the same effect again on a new bonnet if its' like ours.

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