Anyone used locking hood pins on their 73-77 F-series truck? I would like to see some pictures of how they look.

Also, the brand you used and how the installation process was. Easy, moderate, difficult, would never do it again.

If you used a locking hood latch - how did you go about doing this?

Thanks.

 

Are you talking about hood pins like used on a racecar???

 

Yeah, something like that. Basically, I want to be able to lock the hood closed.

 

Messing with the hood pin mounts on my crew build. None of this is anywhere NEAR stock (custom core support, custom hood pin mounts, fiberglass hood, etc.), but these hood pins can be used on stock stuff if you make the mounts for them. The hood pins are from Autofab Offroad Trucks and they are polyurethene vs. the normal aluminum or steel so they don't crack or vibrate near as much.

I just run a small padlock through the pin. Done it in the past on other trucks with success.

 

Very nice Chase!

I had this idea as well for a little over a year now, but I just wasnt sure how it would look on these trucks. Now I know....and I love it! I'm not concerned about it locking either.

I will still be stock core support and metal hood, but that shouldn't be an issue.

 

nope - shouldn't be an issue at all.

 

I am sure there is a rule about hood pins in the desert racing world? And yea its cool in it own way on a DD. Makes for a "get the hoof to see what the noise was", JK, and quiker pit times right?

And real off road racing you can't have a hood fly open and or get the lock jamed after a nose down stuff landing. You can quick pin body panels and skins right?

I'd spend the $ on the good Auto Fab ones, and as far as a real key locking hood latch that is a factory Ford, in the cab release. They are available from folks that sale parts like chasetruck754 and myself.

I have one off a 79 bronco with the key, just saying.

 

yes - flying hoods are a bad deal. And yes most body panels are quick mounted on race stuff. I've seen these "hood pins" used to mount bedsides, roofs, etc.

My crew is by now means a race vehicle, but I still put the hood pins on it and pretty much everything else.

 

Ah like this one, yea its a bump side and a cool one at that......

 

More like this one:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...sive-79-a.html

I'm not a fan of the fiberglass body panels on either actually. Overall both are VERY nice trucks, I just don't like how they did the flares over the wheels on the F-2000 or the nose on the class 8.