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| | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Hi All ,
If anyone would have a few minutes ...would you open the hood on your 47/55 ...an get a nice CLOSE UP up the hood hinges & e-mail em to me ??? ..it has been a long time since i removed all that and a pic.. would be great !...I have all new hinges and hardware an a pretty good idea of how it goes ..BUT AS THEY SAY ..a picture says a thousand words !
I have the fenders almost complete and tomorrow morn. my other brother will be available to help hang my hood.
ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Thanks
Tim
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Grigg,
I have also never seen that tensioning spring. Maybe it was installed to stop rattling?
It would be interesting to know how common that spring is. Maybe other people will report on what they have.
Tim | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Sorry Radial but I didn't take a pic of my 52 before I took them off. As for the Spring I think it was just the earlier years or perhaps they were just using up old stock?? It would be interesting to know for sure. I have seen many of them with the springs over the years. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 | I have that spring on our 53. We had the hinges and spring powdercoated. Seems we have lost some of the tension. Hood doesn't want to stay up as before. Maybe the powdercoating had something to do with it. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 | My 1951 3100 Chevrolet has the springs on the hood hinges.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,403 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,403 | I'll take a look at the '54 when I go pay for it and see if it has them. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | The small springs don't look like they do much, probably just keep things from rattling. As you can see in my pictures, both of mine have broken ends, but are still in place. I'll find new ones when I get to that part of my "restoration", or is it a "Dieselification"?
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