Build Thread - Daytona 3 Window Coupe

[daytonagary]

the system by design has a built in stop since the metric nut is a half inch in diameter and only 1/8" off the metal plate, it can only swing so far. you can easily build more of a stop into it by tack welding more metal onto the nut to lessen the 1/8" gap so it is infinitely adjustable to make it so it can only swing so far. I am also going to improve the system by adding a spring onto the swivel so the pin has some tension against the stop and is always against the stop when trunk is open and always points straight down onto the center of the receiver when the trunk is closing to further make a better latch system out of it. So no matter how fast or hard you slam the trunk, everything has to fall into place perfectly. Without this spring being added, as it is now, you are relying on gravity to have the pin rotate downward and align itself with the receiver. With the spring you are mechanically forcing the pin to align perfectly every time.

look at the photo I have of the pin. it is at full stop and will swivel no further when trunk is half open with gravity pulling pin down. so you can see that it can't swing so far toward the front of the trunk to miss the receiver. I haven't measured the travel but it can't be any more than 1/2" full travel and again, that can be lessened by welding some material to the metric nut.