Last weekend the DHC at last returned back home to the shed after her ordeal in Italy: Time to get the spanners out to get a better picture of the extent of the damage. With the first part to remove being the (remains off the) bonnet. The release cable still did work, but the bonnet wouldn’t open due to the stresses on the left hand safety hook. Luckily all the mounting bolts to the front of the bonnet (for the hinges and the and stay) could be reached fairly easily with some small spanners. And with some padding under the left hand corner to protect the front screen, a long tyre lever and brute force could be used to free the front edge. After which the bonnet’s left hand safety hook could also be freed, enabling me to remove the bonnet from the car.
Safe for the removal of the bumper cover, all other attempts to remove any significant parts from the car failed one way or another. Ordering a new angle grinder is currently high on the to do list!
And this left me with some time to record all the under bonnet damage with my digital camera. It doesn’t look too encouraging, starting with an overview of the engine bay and part of the nose section:
The area behind the right hand head lamp:
The area behind the left hand head lamp:
And the seams of the two front wings:
To go any further I will need an angle grinder. Mainly because the bumper’s left hand mounting nuts are currently inaccessible. To be continued!
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