Anyone here use a hood lock?

Consider doing the hood pin thing and simply put a lock in the pin when not using the car.

If somebody wants to do bad things to your ride a lock is not going to stop him/her/it.

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I used a Chapman hood lock and ignition kill for years on my Convertible. I don't think they make them anymore. Hornet has them but don't know about the quality.

I have used these before. http://go.mrgasket.com/ProductDetails.aspx?brandID=0&productID=20163&txtSearch=hood A pain to get aligned but nice.

My father, the junkyard engineer, installed a hoodlock from a mid '70s big Oldsmobile (but don't ask me which one, 'cause he doesn't remember anymore). Its the kind that has a release that you install under the dash. Apparently it was pretty much a bolt in deal and didn't require any mods to the hood, latch, bolt holes, or anything. He simply aligned it to use the original hood catch bar. We originally thought we'd have to modify the safety catch release since its pretty short, but even with my fat short fingered hands, I can reach between the hood and grille to press it down (or does it push up... I can't remember right now, and I'm in Seattle, and the car is in Tampa). I think the only fabrication that had to be done is that pops made a new bracket to mount the release pull under the dash.

Hope this helps.