Hood Pins, I’m a believer

[funford]

So yesterday I decided to put some new tie rod ends on the mustang. The manual rack came with a set but because of the SN95 spindles they where a bit too shot for my taste. They only left me a half of an inch of threads, that might have been enough but it always worried me when I would drive it.

I got the new ones installed and did the alignment with a tape measure and got it as close as I could. I decided to take it for a ride. I was headed down 22nd AVE toward the mall I was surprised how close I got the alignment on the fist try. At this point I did a u-turn and headed back home, I’m still having cooling issues and I didn’t want to get to far from home, this is when things got eventful. I haven’t driven the car in quite some time so like we all do I decided to beat the crap out of it. I down shifted into first and got in the right lane to pass some slow cars and I hammered it! Soon as I hit 3rd the hood started wobbling crazy flew up smacked the shit out of my windshield and ripped off. It scared the living shit out of me. :-o At this point I look in the review mirror wondering where in the fuck is my hood and I see a row of traffic stopped including the cars I blasted past a newer Allero accompanied by a lowered primered CRX in the other lane. I’m not sure how high that son of a bitch went but 5 seconds later it hasn’t landed yet. :lol: Well the hood finally came down close the the side of the road. This must have really irritated the guy in the CRX because he gave me the burnout accompanied buy the usual ricer fly by.

I would have loved to see it from there point of view I bet they where laughing there asses off. :oops:



Besides the damage to the car the shit was hilarious. Anyone have a hood forsale?







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[Steve B]

that sux ass

[BigDawg]

WOW, ya know suprisingly your cowl carnage isnt that bad. Deflate a football, jam the bitch in there and pump it up, Then buff it out :D . I have seen so much worse on other cars of the cowls being all f'ed up. Shit do a search on corral, damn some of those cowls are hideous.


Just an observation too, next time you paint your cowl cover you might want to remove it from the car first.

[funford]

Deflate a football, jam the bitch in there and pump it up

Thanks man that’s an awesome Idea, I was going to use a jack but your idea is a lot better going to put even pressure. The roof I was going to remove the headliner and just tap it out.


Just an observation too, next time you paint your cowl cover you might want to remove it from the car first.

One of the many gifts I got from the previous owners. I always wondered why you would take the time to mask it off with tape when all you have to do is remove it with a couple screws.

[Tiffiny]

my hood locks and i still have hood pins had 5 of them do that to me never again idk how ugly they are i wont drive without them sorry to hear football or basket ball works well

[Badlatitude]

make sure you put a CENTER PIN in the hood .... U can see what my car looks like with hood pins and no center pin in another thread

[Na306StAnG]

:nono: :(

That sucks....

[Lumberjack]

daaaang a few of us were just talkin about our experiences with this last night at the track. That sux ass bro. i think it's like riding a motorcycle. Everyone is bound to fall at least once if they play long enough. Luckily i was 15 when my first hood flew up on my coupe. :crack:

[Steve B]

i used to have my fuel pressure gauge mounted to my hood. I forgot to pin it and it flew about 75 feet into the air on belcher. It ripped the hood clean off and ripped the regulator right off the strut tower.

[$hawn]

that sucks. it's exactly what my car looked like when i bought it. just be glad your roof isn't black!

[Mars_302]

I never want to go thru that

[ODB]

i did one also...my throttle cable got stuck and I jumped out to un-stuck it quickly...i pulled the pins...put them in my pocket....fixed the cable...slammed the hood down and forgot the pins...i zipped down US19 and WHAM....sucked bad....I remember a guy on here with a green coupe that did it twice to the same car. I remember when he got it fixed...he put a large laminated note on his airbag that said

"Hood pins in?"

[DrDirt]

I have 2 that look like that. :rolleyes: