side tilt hood
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side tilt hood
I searched but didn't find ,so... Has anyone modified a 53-56 hood to tilt to the side , like a 50 Buick or early 50s IHC truck? The stock hood opening mechanism on my 56 has got to go.I am familiar with the reverse opening mods. Just wondering.Thanks.
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Might be hard to get to the hinge side for any work or maintenance. I haven't seen any like that, maybe somebody here has. There is a thread here about some billet hinges that work better than the originals though.
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I have one on my '54 IH. It rocks! I can't say how it would mount onto a '56, but finding an IH with that set-up, and robbing all the parts might work. Just pick an IH that's beyond repair, lol.
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Do you have any pictures of that, sounds like an interesting setup. Would like to see how it works.
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The base of the latch mounts to a reinforced area of the inner fender. It hinges upward, as you can see where my finger holds it up. The hoodside latch is spring loaded to grab the lower part on the fender. So when one side is unlatched, the other side acts as the hinge, and the hood is lifted up, with a hold-up rod mounted up towards the radiator. These are on both sides, so it all depends on which latch is undone. The handles are on the outside of the hood, and for some, that may be a cosmetic fault. When both latches are undone, neither side acts as the hinge, and so the hood can be lifted off. It can be said, that getting perfect gaps between the hood and surrounding sheetmetal is next to impossible with this setup. But back in the day, function was the rule, lol.
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It looks like pretty good engineering but looks like it would be quite the challenge to do on a F-100. I'd hate for a gust of wind to come along while the hood is up, might end up in the next couny,lol. Thanks for posting those pictures, it's the first time I've seen that.
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It looks like pretty good engineering but looks like it would be quite the challenge to do on a F-100. I'd hate for a gust of wind to come along while the hood is up, might end up in the next couny,lol. Thanks for posting those pictures, it's the first time I've seen that.
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To me, the whole reason for doing a hood tilt is to make the engine more accessible. A side tilt hood would make one side more accessible and the other side less accessible.
Now, if you could figure out how to make it tilt to either side depending on the side you want to work on...
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Now, if you could figure out how to make it tilt to either side depending on the side you want to work on...
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That's pretty neat. You would probably need 4 latches total, one for each corner given the shape of the hood, plus it would be safer. Maybe a different latch style too. It would be neat as long as it could be made in a way that's not a pain, the more steps or the more complicated something is, the bigger of a pain it becomes.
A Model T style hood or something, where it hinges off the center line, would be pretty cool as well, but that would change the appearance of things quite a bit, but you might be able to hide it enough on a Black truck or something...
A Model T style hood or something, where it hinges off the center line, would be pretty cool as well, but that would change the appearance of things quite a bit, but you might be able to hide it enough on a Black truck or something...
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'40's Dodge pickup hoods would be a closer resemblance.
The IH hood does tilt on either side, all depends which latch you open. Open both latches and the whole thing comes right off.
The IH hood does tilt on either side, all depends which latch you open. Open both latches and the whole thing comes right off.
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