Forward hood tilt ???
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Forward hood tilt ???
Anyone ever heard of a kit that allows the hood to tilt forward on a 73 like is being done on alot of 50's F-100's ? Anybody ever attempted this? Would hate to spend time fabing up and tweaking something only to find I could get a kit with all the bugs already worked out.
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Two or three years ago,Truckin`(R) marazine did an article on a tilt hood conversion on a pickup.They used the hinge/tilt mechanism from a late model Buick,with the"open from the cowl"setup.Leo
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I checked out the fiberglass parts a while back. A little expensive for my taste, but good to know someones making cabs for these trucks.
I cant remember where I saw this truck, maybe ebay, but I think it may be the coolest looking 73-79 Ford Ive ever seen. Of course its 4x4, although you cant tell by looking. This is what I call truck pornography. Oooo yeah.
I cant remember where I saw this truck, maybe ebay, but I think it may be the coolest looking 73-79 Ford Ive ever seen. Of course its 4x4, although you cant tell by looking. This is what I call truck pornography. Oooo yeah.
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Thanks for the replies. That fiberglass front clip is interesting; expensive; but interesting. My wish is to have just my hood tilt forward 90 degrees. My dream is to motorize this feature. Then I can have an artist buddy of mine airbrush a mural on my hood for a cool autoshow feature. That Truckin' article sounds like what I'm lookin for; guess its time to do some more searching.
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The part you are looking for to "motorize" the tilt forward of your hood is called a "linear actuator". Think of these like a mini hydraulic or tractor type cylinder (though they are not). A quick search on google should bring back plenty of info. Desert race guys use them all the time to raise and lower the lightbars above the cab.
Also - any compitent fabricator should be able to make the hindges for your hood and set up the linear actuator with no problems. It's not complicated at all...
Also - any compitent fabricator should be able to make the hindges for your hood and set up the linear actuator with no problems. It's not complicated at all...
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Raising and lowering lightbars ????? Now there is a cool idea for the strobe bar I'll be installing. Thanks for the ideas and the suggestions. I've heard of those actuators just never thought about using them. Great info 
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