I had it happen on my 67 years back. Scared the crap out of me. The night before I raced a 68 impala on the interstate. We hit speeds around 100 to 110, he left me sitting still. Next morning, heading to work, the hood came up at about 35 mph. I lost all sight of the road. I am so glad it did not happen the night before.

Did you do the Ace Ventura move?

 

I've done the ace Ventura move! But it was because the windshield was covered in mud haha

 

As stated, chain and lock.

I'm pretty sure there's a safety latch but either way, it doesn't matter anymore! There's a small dent on the roof where the hood hit it. Oh well.

No leads on a new hood but I've asked a guy out by a auto wrecker in the middle of nowhere (the good kind) for help and I'm going down the Puyallup, WA swap meet on Sunday.

It can be fixed, but I think it would be cheaper to buy a new one.

Could've been worse, that's for sure.

Small dent on the roof. Just yesterday actually I was commenting to my dad about how I'd heard these hoods pop up easy. I jinxed myself.

 

It does matter! If there is a safety catch, you need to find out why it didn't do it's job. If the spring that keeps it engaged was missing or weak, then you'll know what to focus on next time.
It only "Doesn't matter" now because of what's happened. But it does matter for trouble shooting. Find out what gave, then correct the problem.
Every problem has a solution.
I used to re-create accidents, I did this to be able to prove my drivers were innocent. I found fault in equipment most of the time, and fault part of the time on drivers. The main thing is, I look at things as a problem and how can I prevent it from happening to me.
Believe it or not, the hood on my 64 flew up once with my then five year old daughter, luckily we were going about five MPH (no safety catch) the hood raised as we were leaving from a stop sign no damage but I needed to find a solution. I immediately found and attached a safety catch.

 

You know what you're looking for. Do I have a safety latch?

 

No but I have done that before.

Here's how it went down.

*Cruising along at 55mph.*

Hmm, my mirror is out of adjustment. I'll fix that when I park.

CLANG. What? *watches hood rise up* BANG. Holy ****!

*full second trying to mentally process what the hell just happened*

Think quick! Uhh, look under the hood! Nope. Can't see under. Uhh, foot off gas, apply brake. Window! Nope. Window's rolled up. No time. Uhh, mirrors. Maintain lane position, slow down to a stop. Pull over.

 

A yea sorry t see these classic get wrecked in any way. Lucky you did not run off the road or worse..

I've got my hood with a clear plastic coated 1/8" cable with a eye looped end pad locked going down to the front cross member. It center behind the grille brace where it can't be seen easily, like a chain.
orich

 

Just have to laugh sometimes...looking on local Craigslist to see if maybe there is a hood there, and I see all these chevy and GM's in the same age group as our beloved bumps.

They are advertised for 8000, 9000, up to 21000 bucks.

What is it that make these guys think up these prices.

I mean, they price them at 10x what a bump sells for, yet a bump is 10x the truck these GM's and chevys are....

Just makes me shake my head in wonder.

 

Oh. that is horrible. Glad you were safe.

 

Boy that is tough bad luck. Hopefully, you can get her fixed back up w/o to much problem. Hey Serf maybe you could post some pics of what you did.....not trying to hijack but that would be a way to ensure it doesn't happen to more of us.

 

Yea maybe their maybe a way of beefing up the safety catch lever spring to make sure it does what it is suppose to do. This should be a good reminder for everyone to make sure the hood is latched good when closing are hoods.

It maybe easier to find a mid 70's hood an get it mounted to your bumpside.
As, I see about 3 bumps to 1 dents in the JY's now days.
orich

 

I too have chain and padlock , I ran mine all the way down to frame loops around frame then i pad lock it ,

 

first pic shows safety latch (big hook) but looks like you are missing the spring to keep it properly latched

 

see how hook is pushed out on this one
1968 Ford Truck Hood Latch F100 F250 | eBay

 

Happened to me in my 64 _at night_ years ago. Cruising at 65 or 70, tired. Woke my *** up quick! Pranged the hinges.