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Old 10-08-2021, 10:45 AM   #41
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Default Re: New Guy with a 38 Pickup

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Originally Posted by psykokid View Post
Finally had a second to shoot a pic of the underside of my hood latch assembly - It locks closed when the latch is in the closed position by the notched cam of the latch sliding over and engaging on the pin in the shroud / grill surround, but it sure isn't pretty. Not sure what someone was doing when they were in there - past sins and all...

Thats ugly! Wonder what they were doing. Here is a link to the '39 hood latch. As you will see the '39 uses a totally different catch than the single "pin" that the '38 used.

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...uck+hood+latch

Here is the '38.
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