Hood pin (yes another)

Awesome. Thank you

 

Looks like they are around $100 on amazon. Also beware of fakes of that type of latch/pin.

 

So when you installed the hood pins, did you just take out the rubber stops, put the bolts in, mark it on the hood and drill? Also, what tools did you use to do it? Does your hood bounce around without the rubber stops?

 

The easiest and safest (for your car) way to drill sheetmetal is with a step bit.

I think the locking paddles for $100 will look like crap on 99% of the cars out there, that's my opinion.

We used to have to protect an engine on a race car that had to occasionally sit out and we just used the common hood pin with a very simple, very small paddle lock thru the pin hole. Drop the pin over the stud to not loose it, and lock the hood shut.

On '61 and '66 F100, a common trick on that era of truck is to drill a hole thru the bottom edge of the safety catch and put a paddle lock beneath the latch location. It serves 2 purposes. First it keeps the hood from being opened by others and second it keeps the hood from flying up going down the road since the paddle lock won't fit thru the safety latch gap. I don't know if this would work with a Mav since I don't have a hood to look at.

Some thoughts,
SPark

 

Yes that's what i did. I have not decided what to do about the rubber stops yet. I,v been a tool maker for 30yrs so i had every thing i needed to drill the holes. I used a 7/8 drill. a step drill would be easier but you have to drill from both directions,(2 layers of sheet metal about 1/2 inch apart). Sorry i did not take pics last night, it was raining like crazy and i did not feel like walking to the pole barn. I will do it tonight

 

Any little helps. Think ill go pick up a step tonight