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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 121 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 121 | I searched the forum, but didn’t see any relevant posts᠁
Has anyone devised a means to secure their Task Force truck hood to prevent it from being opened without first accessing the cab interior?
Thanks!
Greg | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 9,828 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 9,828 | I'm not real familiar with the Task Force Trucks, but you should be able to rig a pull cable to the cab. You might have to install a shield to prevent someone from reaching in the grille and opening it by hand. At least, you'd need to either cut the lever off and attach the cable, or possibly modify the latch lever so it has enough leverage to work with a pull cable (something like a throttle cable.)
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 5,684 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 5,684 | Do you really worry that someone will open your hood without your permission?
I've been driving antique cars exclusively as daily drivers my entire life and have never had anyone attempt to open the hood of any of them.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1956 Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood (The Godfather) | 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado (The Purple Knif) | 1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe | 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 121 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 121 | Me too, Otto.
Unfortunately, I’m in a location where I have to park on the street.
᠁and mischief is noticeably on the rise. I just don’t want to be surprised by a missing battery or something.
gld | | | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 121 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 121 | I'm not real familiar with the Task Force Trucks, but you should be able to rig a pull cable to the cab. You might have to install a shield to prevent someone from reaching in the grille and opening it by hand. At least, you'd need to either cut the lever off and attach the cable, or possibly modify the latch lever so it has enough leverage to work with a pull cable (something like a throttle cable.) Exactly what I was thinking! I didn’t want to experiment if someone had already worked out the bugs and devised an optimum scheme! gld | | |
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