Series 2 hood

The Land Rover hood, or Bonnet if you are from the other side of the pond, is in decent shape.  There are a few small dents on the front but little rust.  The hood is in about as good a shape as the doors; the aluminum skin is in good shape, but the underlying frame has a bit of corrosion.

I was curious as to whether this was a replacement hood, every Series 2 picture I see appears to have a hood without the rounded edge or "nose" on it.  This hood is painted the right color, and as far as I can tell has the same paint on it as the other panels. My guess is that it was a late series 2 build (1959) and therefore had a Series 2A hood put on it.  The other possibility is that the Canadian models had the hood with the rounded front.  If you are familiar with this, drop a comment and let me know.

I pulled off all the trim that I could get off with a wrench or screwdriver.  This included the latch and brace.

The bolts here came off no problem.

I took the brace apart as well as I intend to clean up all the parts, strip and paint as required.

There it is, combined with one of the last exhaust hangers I took off at the same time.

You can see that most of the blue house paint has come off, and even some of the original Highway yellow.  I can't decide if I am going to mask the centre bit of galvanized steel before paint or remove it and put it back after paint.  The difference is having to replace the rivets.

The hinges are galvanized so they will be cleaned up and not painted.

Another pic of all the bits.  You can see the prop at the top of the picture, its galvanized so the blue house paint will be removed and it will be polished up before refitting.  In case you are wondering, the chrome ring is off of a 1978 MGB, one of my other projects.