The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk has anyone used the hood hold open brackets 41-46?

I was just looking at the hood hold open supports from jim carter and was wondering if anyone has them on their 41-46. Do they work good and are they worth it? Dave

Do you mean the ones originally made for a GMC? I didn't like the looks and feared they would add another rattle (not that another one would be noticed) so I made my own out of a piece of scrap steel rod, scrap sheet metal bracket, couple bolts, and faucet washer for a bumper.
A few poor quality photos here:
http://s1253.photobucket.com/user/harold4152/library/Hood%20Prop

Thanks, I get the idea.

I made my own also..I just formed a flanged closed "C" using some fairly thin Steel and had a swivel Bolt through the Flange to hold the Arm, which Arm would hold the Hood up.

Flanged "C" of course mounted on the grille support Rods.

Arms were 1/4 x 5/8ths White Oak with padded ends...Arms also had a small thin strap Steel Hook toward their top, to hook over the Grille support Rod, when at rest.

I did those in 1977 and they worked perfectly and held up fine for the next 23 years of daily use.

I wish you had a picture, but I guess that is not possible.

I got the ones from JC. They don't rattle at all, and they stay put even when I drive the truck without the hood, at any speed.

They only really allow you to have your hood partly open (I use it to support the hinge between the hood side and hood top), but they work great. Being that mine is a GMC and my support rod is bigger I had to drill out the holes larger, but other than that they're worth every penny.

Thanks