Capri - Bonnet Striker Pin

The night before the Australia Day Rally, I was attempting to adjust the bonnet striker pin on my white XL as the bonnet was difficult to open & not quite sitting correctly. I had the car all ready to go and is often the case, these last minute adjustments don't always go to plan.
I had incorrectly assumed that the nut holding the striker pin, which is located within the cavities of the front of the bonnet, was fixed or held in place as is often the case. Therefore on undoing the pin completely, the nut fell into the dark spaces of the bonnet.
I tried for about an hour with all kinds of wire hooks, telescopic magnets, torches, long pliers but couldn't even locate the nut. How often does this happen? Too often for me!! That's when I conceded defeat and drove the green car to the rally the next day as I have seen a few examples of when Capri bonnets fly back over the windscreen.
Today I solved the problem in about 20 minutes using a great little Kincrome telescopic magnet & light.($11 at Bunnings.) This was narrow enough to fit into the cavity with a very strong side magnet. I have a similar but larger device but it was too wide to manoeuvre in the cavity. With the smaller one, it took about 2 minutes to find the nut & pull it out. Then I attached the nut to the magnet as shown in the picture and inserted it carefully back inside the bonnet. There is a ridge not far in that makes things a bit difficult. I aligned it with the hole & used a small screwdriver to straighten it up & by luck or good fortune the striker pin went in and screwed on.
With one adjustment, the bonnet now opens properly and sits correctly. Good activity for testing patience and one which I will try and avoid in the future. I love old cars!!!