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Has anyone ever seen a firewall mounted device for supporting the hood on (say) 36 to 38 trucks with the three-hinge hood. What vehicles were these used on. Were they used (perhaps) on GMCs only? Or perhaps they were aftermarket. I've always seen the hood corner resting atop the cowl.

PatM

PatM: I haven't seen a firewall mounted one, but Jim Carter sells on that mounts to the support bars that go between the firewall and the top of the radiator support. It has two little arms (one on each side) that flip out to hold the bottom edge of your hood. There's a 46 in the gallery that I remember seeing it on, but I don't remember just now, which truck it was. There was also a discussion about a month or so back on this same topic. Good Luck.

PatM: Check E-Bay item #4524216240. The auction has ended, but he has a link to a website showing more pictures of the truck. One of the pictures will give you a good idea of the support I'm talking about.

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Try this link: www.tocmp.com/articles/TIPS/ChevTruckTIPS/Tip107A.pdf

Randy B.

Thanks guys.
Jed -- I've seen similar units to the one in the photos of the '46. They do work well, and I have considered them. But then I "heard-tell" of a set of "OEM" or, perhaps "back-in-the-day" accessory items that mounted on the firewall. I thought having "period" hood props would be kinda kool.

Randy -- Thanks very much for the link. I'm an engineer (of sorts) and the very technical type presentation on the link you sent is mind boggling. I need to try to look around a little more on that web site. BTW. . . This is yet another variation. The units I was enquiring about mount on the firewall, with their own mounting. But the link you sent uses the core support rods very near the firewall interface. Very neat. And the Plasti-Dip is a real nice touch too.

Thanks again to you both.

Pat