[Karl Wescott]

Here is a photo of the reproduction handle, handle mount, and spring as supplied by Rootlieb. Likely this is the later version, and the spring sure looks like the one in your pictures. The clamp compressing the spring is to show the relation to the handle, which would normally be constrained by the slot in the hood.


This may sound kind of silly, but is the spring on the other end of that hood side intact, and the ones on the other side of the hood? That might be a clue as to what you should have.