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Old Dec 19, 2022 | 04:50 AM
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On a friend's 76 corvette. Someone else removed his hood. Now that person has disappeared. And he is in the process of reinstalling his hood. He asks me, what are these threaded holes for? I have a 77 which is not the same. So I told him I Would ask on here.

Center of the photo, threaded hole, what goes here?
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On a friend's 76 corvette. Center of the photo, threaded hole, what goes here?
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It's a rubber bumper



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Yes. This last answer plus some other frantic searching finds this is correct. Thanks guys
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76-7 was transition yearfor hood latches. boughtna 77 hood for my 75. then i saw latch diff. then i bought set of ebay 77 latches. then i realize nothing fits from 76 to 77. would take major glass work to retrofit either latch-striker to the other year car or hood. so i'm gonna use pins until i get the right hood. (they also never stick shut!)
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So just what were these bumpers for?

I know for a fact that mine didn't have either bumper from the factory...
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stop bumpers. they hold the hood up while the latch holds it down.
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So either my hood fit perfect or the bumper box was empty...
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Originally Posted by 4-vettes
On a friend's 76 corvette. Someone else removed his hood. Now that person has disappeared. And he is in the process of reinstalling his hood. He asks me, what are these threaded holes for? I have a 77 which is not the same. So I told him I Would ask on here.

Center of the photo, threaded hole, what goes here?
Thanks much.
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