Hood Release options ?

[lenguini]

Looking for ideas on a hood release other than what was original.Had some ideas of my own but I would like to see what has been done and to date and still works well. Any pics and insight will be appreciated.
Also any ideas on a sturdy contact to complete the circuit for the marker/signal lights in the hood.Im wanting to eliminate the wire from the firewall and replace with a contact from where the hood meets the cowl ......,that has been proven to work well and withstand the constant hood movement and vibration.

Thanks in advance.

[lenguini]

Just getting this to the top of the page again so you all see the thread !

Cheers,
Ed.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by lenguini

Looking for ideas on a hood release other than what was original.Had some ideas of my own but I would like to see what has been done and to date and still works well. Any pics and insight will be appreciated.
Also any ideas on a sturdy contact to complete the circuit for the marker/signal lights in the hood.Im wanting to eliminate the wire from the firewall and replace with a contact from where the hood meets the cowl ......,that has been proven to work well and withstand the constant hood movement and vibration.

Thanks in advance.

I adapted my stock hood latch to take an in cab cable. Page [ 8 ] of my build thread if you want to take a look.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=487100&page=8

Just an idea...

[lenguini]

Looking for ideas on a hood release other than what was original.Had some ideas of my own but I would like to see what has been done and to date and still works well. Any pics and insight will be appreciated.
Also any ideas on a sturdy contact to complete the circuit for the marker/signal lights in the hood.Im wanting to eliminate the wire from the firewall and replace with a contact from where the hood meets the cowl ......,that has been proven to work well and withstand the constant hood movement and vibration.

Thanks in advance.

[Budman56]

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[1963c-10]

I had toyed around with using a lengthened cable pull using the throttle cable position, but hadn't gotten around to doing the research on making it work yet. But an idea to consider.

[lenguini]

Originally Posted by lenguini

Looking for ideas on a hood release other than what was original.Had some ideas of my own but I would like to see what has been done and to date and still works well. Any pics and insight will be appreciated.
Also any ideas on a sturdy contact to complete the circuit for the marker/signal lights in the hood.Im wanting to eliminate the wire from the firewall and replace with a contact from where the hood meets the cowl ......,that has been proven to work well and withstand the constant hood movement and vibration.

Thanks in advance.

Keep the ideas coming folks,Im running out of time as front end bodywork next week !

Cheers,
Ed.

[lenguini]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

I adapted my stock hood latch to take an in cab cable. Page [ 8 ] of my build thread if you want to take a look.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=487100&page=8

Just an idea...

Thanks,Ill keep that in mind !
Cheers,
Ed.

[padresag]

one can always mount a solenoid to trigger the mechanism
ron

[lenguini]

Huh,I figured there would be lots of ideas for this....guess I was wrong.

Cheers,
Ed.

[padresag]

you only need one to work.
ron

[padresag]

is this what your buddy was looking for
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=526772
ron