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Couple more questions on the hood latch.
Picture 1.
Does this release wire just attach to the latch assembly (which I have cleaned up in the other picture and that is it?. It seems kind of mickey mouse to me and I am wondering if I am missing some parts. The 1969 assembly manual (Page 247) is terrible and almost unreadable.
Picture 2.
I have sand blasted the one latch and will do the other. Does anyone know if these should be painted in a 1969. It seems they are kind of a gold colour in the few pics I can find but they are not great pics. I noticed Alan's is black but his of course is a 1971.
Thanks, Pete
...Picture 1...Does this release wire just attach to the latch assembly...
Yes and uses the barrel clamp shown on the wire. The wire indicates an original hood release cable or a good quality replacement. Some of the replacement cables are airplane cable, not wire.
...It seems kind of mickey mouse to me...
Sorry, but that's the way they were and yours is still working after 50 years. I put a second barrel clamp on mine for insurance.
Hood latch 1969
