Mine Has the Old setup I am thinking of goin Bonnet Pins,They will suit my car nicely

Quote:It doesn't matter as long as the hook-lever springs back on its own. The springs do not hold the hood/bonnet down. They only let the hook return to normal position once you close the hood. The hook will (is supposed to) catch on the sheet metal if the primary latch fails or if the hood is not closed all the way.

It has happened to many of us, including me.

Dent in bonnet



Matching dent above the windscreen



Does your have the original type or improved type?

Best part is I got them all for free

Excellent idea of changing the direction of air flow.

Keep that boot handle. they are hard to find and worth a bit don't let people tell you any other way.

That bonnet is perfect candidate for bonnet pins.

My original has some rust in the front lip underneath. In summer I plan to cut it out and weld a piece of sheet metal to help form a lip to block air flow between bonnet and rad support. Force all air through radiator then

Thanks all.
Pins would suit it,and look awesome and sportish.Gx bonnet wish i get a new one as rare as it is all over the world except japan Mazda had a nice design opening to the front.

Good news is that I got a new bonnet,still marked datsun 1200 from the body parts shop.Hope to get it done by Weekend.Lil rusted,Guy had a 1200 too but faild to get it on the road,So had buy new parts to fit,now i ended up with them.So datsun made parts to last 1oo years? lol he had it sine early 1990's now it last 50 years again

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I had it happen to an old one tonner ute and it ruined the car as kingswood bonnets weigh a tonne and the thud was lets say horrific at 140kmh on a country road.

My next one tonner had a fibreglass tilt front end and apart from never possible to flip open as it opens the other way it saved about 120kg overall from the front end!

this is where Mazda classic cars are better designed with reverse opening bonnets.

Yeah I'd go Pins, plus I reckon they'd suite the look of your car!!
Plus if you're getting a new bonnet it should be easy enough to line it all up...
(and thank your lucky stars it wasn't a GX bonnet!! :S ")
Still man that sucks ey.

I consider my bonnet pins as secondary catches but they act more like primary ones lol.

How does the secondary catch has 2springs? mine has 1.

Datsun 1200 comes standard with a hood latch and secondary catch.

If you have ever had the hood off, the latch may need adjustment to work properly.

This is the latch:



And this hook lever is the secondary catch: