kzhurley
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01-22-23 09:39 PM - Post#2853631
Has anyone ever come up with a good way to add a lock the hood? Or possibly put an inside pull cable and delete the grill latch? I’m doing a few things to be able to make my 50 more secure for an upcoming trip. I tried searching but didn’t come up with anything
Thanks
1950 Styleline Deluxe 2-door sedan..
348 tripower/NP833 4-Speed/3.73
1950 Styleline Deluxe 4-door..
Vortec 4200 I-6/4l60e/3.42/current project car
1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville 500 efi/4l80e
1987 GMC R1500 Sierra Classic
454 tbi/700r4/3.42
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Nite Dragon
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01-23-23 05:52 AM - Post#2853634
In response to kzhurley
Haven't done it to mine yet but plan too. Shouldn't be that difficult to adapt a pull cable from a donor vehicle at a junk yard. Just need to measure how long a cable you need.
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eplantage
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01-23-23 07:23 AM - Post#2853639
In response to kzhurley
I had a 49 deluxe coupe that had a coble release on the hood.
Age: 69 at the moment
1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery
1953 BelAir Convertible Project
2002 Heritage Springer FLSTSI
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 RAM_51
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01-23-23 11:45 AM - Post#2853653
In response to kzhurley
As eplantage points out, the early 1949 models did have a cable release. I'm not sure when they were discontinued, but I believe sometime during early production. I did notice that my '50 lock plate is the same as the '49 in that there is still a place for the cable mechanism to be attached. It would be relatively easy to fabricate a cable for it. The '51 lock plate is obviously different and there is no place for a cable attachment. The image below is from the 1949 Maintenance Supplement to the 1946-47-48 Shop Manual printed for General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ont., but the same image appears in the U.S. Shop Manual in smaller form along with the second scan in Section 11.
1951 Fleetline Preservation
'51 Fleetline DeLuxe 2 DOOR SEDAN (Fathom Green)
'51 Styleline Special BUSINESS COUPE (Shadow Gray)
'53 6500 Dump Bed (Oxidized Red)
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 rrausch
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01-24-23 07:30 AM - Post#2853667
In response to RAM_51
I mounted a cable hood release on my '54 Chevy pickup. I got it from NAPA, and it was a very heavy duty cable. I bought two at the time, and kept the spare for many years. I don't have any pictures of the '54's cable release, but years later I used the 2nd one as a fuel on/off for my diesel truck. I do have a picture of that set-up.
It was a very hard pull to pop the hood. If I were doing it again, I'd make some provision to get some leverage on the hood release so it wouldn't be such a hard pull.
1953 210 Convertible, 261 with dual Carter YF 966S carbs, P.S., Remote Bendix P.B. Booster... shade-tree restoration about done.
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kzhurley
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01-24-23 09:48 AM - Post#2853677
In response to rrausch
Thanks for the reply’s. I never knew that 49 had it. I searched on “online auction site” and there’s one on there complete with cable and has some really good pics of what it looks like. Should be easy to fab something up for it.
Thanks for the info
Jim
1950 Styleline Deluxe 2-door sedan..
348 tripower/NP833 4-Speed/3.73
1950 Styleline Deluxe 4-door..
Vortec 4200 I-6/4l60e/3.42/current project car
1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville 500 efi/4l80e
1987 GMC R1500 Sierra Classic
454 tbi/700r4/3.42
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2D51STYDLX
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02-02-23 11:32 AM - Post#2854055
In response to kzhurley
I fabricated a wedge that slides in behind the hook arm, you can't see it and if people want your stuff bad enough they will just get in the car and pull the latch. If you go to my posts and look up 'hood lock update' I have pics.
Roger
1951 2 door Deluxe Bone stock, well not quite, bucket seats.
Broken hearts and dirty windows
Make life difficult to see
Thats why last night and this morning
Always look the same to me
John Prine
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Edited by 2D51STYDLX on 02-02-23 11:39 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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rrausch
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02-03-23 07:12 AM - Post#2854083
In response to 2D51STYDLX
I always locked my truck's doors, even if just at the supermarket for a few minutes. And they'd have to figure out that I had a pull wire, break in, and pull it, and like I say it was a BEAR to pull. Anyway, no one ever tried in the 9 years it was my daily driver.
1953 210 Convertible, 261 with dual Carter YF 966S carbs, P.S., Remote Bendix P.B. Booster... shade-tree restoration about done.
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eplantage
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02-03-23 08:01 AM - Post#2854085
In response to rrausch
On that 49 I had, sometimes the little thing at the end of the cable would slip and I couldn't pull it open with the cable, I'd have to reach inside the grill and push the lever to open the hood. They aren't as theft proof as one might think.
Age: 69 at the moment
1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery
1953 BelAir Convertible Project
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rrausch
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02-04-23 07:38 AM - Post#2854113
In response to eplantage
I cut my lever off so no one (including me) could open the hood by pulling the lever.
1953 210 Convertible, 261 with dual Carter YF 966S carbs, P.S., Remote Bendix P.B. Booster... shade-tree restoration about done.
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