except, maybe, wild plum? yummmmy!

This car is coming along nicely.
Do you use a mig or tig to weld the bonnet skins together spud?

Those bonnet latches look to be in a weird position. And is it that the bonnet came from the pastel blue car.

yes spuds lock position is in a pretty weird spot.
It is "blue Ice' correct again, and I do actually like it also, plus its the original color.
 
Spud is the underside frame of your bonnet mainly separate from the skin  in the centre bit?
Mine seemed like it should have had the outer skin and inner rails joined somewhere, you'd notice it when the bonnet twists if you picked it up from a corner.

My facelift v6 - great colour!

I'll have a look at the bonnet but the central sections of the inner frame was largely separate . Yes whoever drilled the holes for the bonnet pins was way off the mark

Here's a pic of the bonnet - showing the frame and where I'll cut it -

The diff was fine