w140 bonnet just flew up whilst driving

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kps70

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On my way to see my mum, the bonnet on my 1993 s class flew up and nearly wrenched itself off the hinges. The wife was driving at the time. Scary stuff. The bonnet is now bent and it looks like the hinges have been bent. I guess it could have been worse - no damage to the windscreen or other body work and we were only doing about 25 mph so were able to pull over easily. I thought there was supposed to be some sort of second catch on cars to stop this happening.
Does anyone know a good breakers or where I might get a second hand bonnet/hinges? I need to find the colour code - it's a gold/silver shade.
Cheers
Kieron
 
John at SLPagoda.com has a few 140's breaking , alas not in your colour .

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