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Hood Pins : What Where When and Why?
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LolIt’s like getting a blow job and getting left with blue balls ...
My 71 road runner came with factory pins and inside hood release. Having hood pins allowed me to remove the safety latch and save the skin on my head. There is a little down side to pins with inside hood release that if you release the hood before pulling pins you have to push down on hood to remove them. I wonder if the factory considered removing the safety latch on cars with hood pins. My hood and I've seen a few others did not have a cut out to access to the release making it hard to access and hard on the hand.
I need to get me a helmet….
I put them on my 67 just to bother the guys that don't like them. Kinda like black steel wheels and painted bumpers.Yeah seems like the hood pins are like cats. People either hate em ur love em.
I am surprised the pins were a factory option on cars where they weren’t the primary attachment!
My hood is not yet painted
My roadrunner had hood pins. Removed them and welded up the holes. Now I wonder if they were there from the beginning?
The last time I drove my 71 Challenger convertible I forgot to put the clips in on the T/A hood. I saw it starting to lift and locked up the brakes, the hood dropped back down. I casually got out and put the clips in! Nothing to see here!
Whoa almost a big problem. That can happen to anyone. Glad I have a latch!
j-c-c-62
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Aircraft people often state dead bugs on the leading edge of a wing messes up beneficial air flow big time. I understand why hood pins found use in the 60-70's besides looking cool, and I used them. Aero wise they have to suck largely because of their normal location.
Years back I began installing "Aero-Catches" which are also lockable if chosen. In my case they offered later a true flush mount latch which is very trick IMO.
And they cost 5? times as much and are tougher to mount.
My hairpin style hood pins now only exist in pictures.
AeroCatch 120-2000 AeroCatch 120 Series Plus Flush Mount Hood Pins | Summit Racing
Years back I began installing "Aero-Catches" which are also lockable if chosen. In my case they offered later a true flush mount latch which is very trick IMO.
And they cost 5? times as much and are tougher to mount.
My hairpin style hood pins now only exist in pictures.
AeroCatch 120-2000 AeroCatch 120 Series Plus Flush Mount Hood Pins | Summit Racing
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Me too, I like painted bumpers on dark colored cars. Looks more evil.I put them on my 67 just to bother the guys that don't like them. Kinda like black steel wheels and painted bumpers.
If I do mine I don’t think I would use lanyards on the pins.
That's like stopping at 3rd base
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It's a wonder that nobody has manufactured a hood pin lock design that's sleek and simple and does away with the silly lanyards. There's that Chinese-made one linked earlier but it looks like garbage from the reviews, but it is an otherwise good design, just unfortunately made with Chinesium materials. A couple chrome or polished aluminum pins and a simple lock tumbler that can be keyed open.
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IN 4 pages, which one is that exactly?
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On page 2, post 25, linking to Temu...but this is the same product on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.ca/Acouto-Aluminum-Alloy-Universal-Engine/dp/B07MMWXWLC
I would avoid anything from Temu, as far as quality goes. I like the idea, in principle.
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