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I would have kept that, rarely troublesome and a small level of security. Keep the honest people out.
This one has the knob busted off and the cable is brittle and chunks of plastic falling off.

I usually weld a tab on underside of the hood for a chain and wrap it around the k frame with a lock.

Not really fort Knox but it might slow someone down long enough to get caught.

I thought of the same thing on my 340 cars when an air cleaner is worth $600. +++