69 Notch Barracuda - Rebirth
When I bought my project, it came with an installed fiberglass hood from a 340 6-pack (according to the sticker ghosts). It also came with some vintage hood pins, which may have been original to the hood, because they are pretty gnarly looking. They’ve have been sitting on the shelf for five years.
Today I finally decided to clean them up and install them. I had to drill out the smaller hood bumper screw holes first.
After some “engineering,” I realized that hood pins are NOT just a decal/gimmick.. My fiberglass hood is fairly well twisted, and I’ve just been living with it because I’m not too particular, and I like a skanky look. But, I’m realizing that if you align the windshield side of the hood as best you can, the hood pins are designed to give you much more freedom to correct and align the front end twisting perfectly (I don’t have an updated pic yet of the proper alignment at the windshield side). :poke:
When I bought my project, it came with an installed fiberglass hood from a 340 6-pack (according to the sticker ghosts). It also came with some vintage hood pins, which may have been original to the hood, because they are pretty gnarly looking. They’ve have been sitting on the shelf for five years.
Today I finally decided to clean them up and install them. I had to drill out the smaller hood bumper screw holes first.
After some “engineering,” I realized that hood pins are NOT just a decal/gimmick.. My fiberglass hood is fairly well twisted, and I’ve just been living with it because I’m not too particular, and I like a skanky look. But, I’m realizing that if you align the windshield side of the hood as best you can, the hood pins are designed to give you much more freedom to correct and align the front end twisting perfectly (I don’t have an updated pic yet of the proper alignment at the windshield side). :poke:
