[Firebirdjones]

It was an option throughout the middle and late 70's on trucks, my 79 C30 pickup has it optioned originally, that's what gave me the idea years ago. May have been on trucks earlier than that too. I know it was also an option on many passenger cars from the 60's and 70's and on up.

I go junk yard hunting and pull the entire hood latch and cable mechanism, usually only a few bucks. Then I bring it home and see what I need to modify, weld, cut, to make it work on that particular vehicle. It varies on what needs done or how involved it gets because it's a vehicle by vehicle basis for me, but it's pretty straight forward, not hard at all.