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12-19-2010, 03:34 PM

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SPRING

I went too home depot / ace/o'rallys and no one had a spring like that.Maybe i'll have better luck 2mor. The one i made looks like crap. LOL

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11-11-2011, 04:23 PM

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Hood safety latch spring

Has anyone had any luck finding these double torsion springs? Mine is barely functional.

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11-11-2011, 10:57 PM

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I gave up dude i have drove my truck over 100 mph and it didn't fly off.

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11-12-2011, 12:13 AM

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fastenal has 10 pages of torsion springs... didn't see a perfect match, but I bet there is something that can be adapted with minimal effort.

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11-12-2011, 12:57 AM

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I gave up dude i have drove my truck over 100 mph and it didn't fly off.

The truck or the hood?

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11-12-2011, 08:32 AM

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I gave up dude i have drove my truck over 100 mph and it didn't fly off.

I just don't trust it. I had the hood fly up on my '49 Jeepster several times. Lots of work to fix each time. My hood on this '50 F2 is new so I don't want to bang it up. It looks great the way it is.

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11-14-2011, 03:44 PM

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No luck. Anyone find a source for these?

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