11-18-2004, 01:58 PM | #1 |
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Suicide hoods?
AnyBody else get paranoid looking at the hood shaking in front of you?
I've had 3 hoods come up on me from driving shoot arse beaters. The one on the highway was a nightmare! A suicide hood would be sweet arse on a 67 Chev! Anybody done this switch over? Any Web Sites? my 85 B$W has a factory suicide hood which helps the panic. the 78 has big arse bolts through the hood! Darn those hoods.
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11-18-2004, 02:00 PM | #2 |
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I have ssen kits in steet rod catologs for the 55-57 trucks and was thinking of doing it. my unkle put one on his 57 and it looks cool
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11-18-2004, 02:34 PM | #3 |
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do a search. there has been posts about it. they are using mid 80's buick lasaber hood hinges(i think)
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11-18-2004, 02:39 PM | #4 |
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ScoutII hoods opened backwards. Maybe you could find one and adapt the hinges from it.
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11-18-2004, 02:49 PM | #5 |
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Lotik did this to his truck. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ight=tilt+hood
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11-18-2004, 02:52 PM | #6 |
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my Buick has the hinges you speak of. once, my hood actually did come open on the highway. I had been installing my cd player and had disconnected the battery, and when i re-connected it, for some reason i just gently put the hood down and didnt latch it. when i got to about 45-50 MPH, i heard a CLUNK and the whole hood popped up about a foot in the air relative to where it was originally, but thats all it did (the front of the hood pops up a little first, then you tilt it forward). i had to go home and change the undies.
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11-18-2004, 03:49 PM | #7 |
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I was following a honda on rt78 in nj,When all of a sudden it,s hood flew off and came strait back at my tractor/trailer.It cleared my hood and,I guess the air flow from my truck shot the hood way up in the air.It came back down 3or4 cars behind.the honda never slowed down.
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11-18-2004, 03:51 PM | #8 |
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would you????? I would not want to see the aftermath
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hmm...
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11-18-2004, 04:25 PM | #11 |
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Awsome idea!
Need more on it! Wouldn't start it until sure of everything!
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11-18-2004, 11:58 PM | #12 |
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I need to ask this guy next time I see him at a show. I think that it looks great and looks easier access inside.
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11-19-2004, 12:23 AM | #13 |
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I got a chance to see the same truck last year. Very nice job, but the owner was no where around to talk to.
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11-21-2004, 04:27 PM | #14 |
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Anyone get a look at the hinge's the guy with the black truck used????
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11-21-2004, 04:59 PM | #15 |
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They were lesabre style hinges
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