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cool68 · 11-23-2013, 11:45 PM

I had a thread going here with the same problem on my '68 C10. Turned out someone had put a '69 lower hood latch in - would not move at all with pressure pushing down while pushing on release latch, etc. because of the '68 grill style I was barely, with lots of pain, able to remove the bolts and open the hood. I used small wedge shaped pieces of wood to move hood up as far as it would go while I worked on it. look on eBay for hood latches to compare what you have with correct one for your truck. let us know how you fixed it.

11-23-2013, 11:45 PM	#10
cool68 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 475	Re: hood doesn't open I had a thread going here with the same problem on my '68 C10. Turned out someone had put a '69 lower hood latch in - would not move at all with pressure pushing down while pushing on release latch, etc. because of the '68 grill style I was barely, with lots of pain, able to remove the bolts and open the hood. I used small wedge shaped pieces of wood to move hood up as far as it would go while I worked on it. look on eBay for hood latches to compare what you have with correct one for your truck. let us know how you fixed it.