1970 Hood Release
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1970 Hood Release
If you have the cable break on the drivers side. The best way to get to it, Is to take off the rocker moulding, then take off the filler panel under the fender. Then take out the egg crate vent. You can see the lock and you can release it by hand. I did it today.
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I had this happen on my 71 and I only removed the egg crate grill
I do not understand why the rocker panel and splash guard needs to come off.
Can you help me understand?
Thanks
David
I do not understand why the rocker panel and splash guard needs to come off.
Can you help me understand?
Thanks
David
Last edited by dmayhew; Mar 2, 2008 at 04:50 PM.
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I can tell you why one might have to remove not the "rocker panel", but a splash panel underneath the front fender to get to it on a 1970 from my own experience. Some genious in my cars past decided to cut out the section that houses the "egg crate" grill, and then re- section in a 1973 and up section in its place. Leaving me no other way to get to the release than to remove this panel to get to the release latch. The paint on my car is far from new, so I know this was done some time ago. That said, they did a VERY good job with it (even though I hate the Idea of doing it at all), You still to this day can't tell it was done except when you look at the BACK side under the engine compartment to see the "sectioned" area.
Last edited by squirrelguy; Mar 2, 2008 at 09:00 AM. Reason: spelling
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Squirrelguy,
I can understand someone doing that change to your car especially if it was done long ago. I'm the original owner of my 71 and I remember many guys doing various changes to cars to make them look up to date.
I changed the parking light lenses on my 71 from clear (71) to amber (72) to make my car look like a new 72. Here's the crazy part... now I've done few things to it to make it look like a 70 since that's what I wish it were. I also wish it were a ZR-1, but that's just too much of a pipe dream.
Regards,
Alan
I can understand someone doing that change to your car especially if it was done long ago. I'm the original owner of my 71 and I remember many guys doing various changes to cars to make them look up to date.
I changed the parking light lenses on my 71 from clear (71) to amber (72) to make my car look like a new 72. Here's the crazy part... now I've done few things to it to make it look like a 70 since that's what I wish it were. I also wish it were a ZR-1, but that's just too much of a pipe dream.
Regards,
Alan
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Alan 71,
So you're saying that it happened a lot? On my '71, the eggcrate is gone and it has a '73 trough or channel look. Done quite nicely and I don't mind it. Not sure how to change it back though. Would if I could.
Carl
So you're saying that it happened a lot? On my '71, the eggcrate is gone and it has a '73 trough or channel look. Done quite nicely and I don't mind it. Not sure how to change it back though. Would if I could.
Carl
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From: shrewsbury Pa.
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From: shrewsbury Pa.
Squirrelguy,
I can understand someone doing that change to your car especially if it was done long ago. I'm the original owner of my 71 and I remember many guys doing various changes to cars to make them look up to date.
I changed the parking light lenses on my 71 from clear (71) to amber (72) to make my car look like a new 72. Here's the crazy part... now I've done few things to it to make it look like a 70 since that's what I wish it were. I also wish it were a ZR-1, but that's just too much of a pipe dream.
Regards,
Alan
I can understand someone doing that change to your car especially if it was done long ago. I'm the original owner of my 71 and I remember many guys doing various changes to cars to make them look up to date.
I changed the parking light lenses on my 71 from clear (71) to amber (72) to make my car look like a new 72. Here's the crazy part... now I've done few things to it to make it look like a 70 since that's what I wish it were. I also wish it were a ZR-1, but that's just too much of a pipe dream.
Regards,
Alan
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On my 70, I had to do it as described as the original poster did. The reason for removing the rocker molding and splash panel is to access the nuts that hold the bottom of the grill in place. I have had to do this twice on my car. The second time was when I got the car home from the roadside repair. Hopefully this will never happen again.
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From: shrewsbury Pa.
On my 70, I had to do it as described as the original poster did. The reason for removing the rocker molding and splash panel is to access the nuts that hold the bottom of the grill in place. I have had to do this twice on my car. The second time was when I got the car home from the roadside repair. Hopefully this will never happen again.
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I hear ya but,........ you don"t NEED to remove the grill at all. Once you have the splash pan off, you can just reach up and trip the release from that point. As I said, I had no choice but to do it this way, as someone modified my fenders with the closed in style 73 and up sections. I had no grill area to go through.
