it just keeps getting worse

[65fastback2+2]

after fixing it from the wreck, a stupid decision caused this...plus a broken windshield

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[MustangMatt1966]

dang! what the heck happend?!

 

[66 BLAKE 96]

Let me guess...

No hood pins and a new 'glass hood resulted in it flying up on you?

Sorry man. That's a bummer.

 

[65fastback2+2]

Let me guess...

No hood pins and a new 'glass hood resulted in it flying up on you?

Sorry man. That's a bummer.

ya, i didnt wanna put the pins in since everything wasnt aligned properly yet. the 4 bungee straps and twine made it an hour through the drive before that happened =/

 

[65stanger]

Maybe it's the picture and my old eyes, but it also looks like you have a rust hole starting just above the chrome trim.......

 

[65fastback2+2]

Maybe it's the picture and my old eyes, but it also looks like you have a rust hole starting just above the chrome trim.......

no rust hole, its prolly where the paint is screwed up from the big dent now in the roof

 

[67GTA-FB429]

So, did the hood latch rip out of the hood? I am wondering since I also have a fiberglass hood and cannot decided if I want pins or not....but if stuff is breaking like that, I will be putting in pins.

 

[65fastback2+2]

So, did the hood latch rip out of the hood? I am wondering since I also have a fiberglass hood and cannot decided if I want pins or not....but if stuff is breaking like that, I will be putting in pins.

this is where people will laugh

the 4 bungee cords and twine didnt hold.....

go ahead, tell me what i already know....

 

[65stanger]

this is where people will laugh

the 4 bungee cords and twine didnt hold.....

go ahead, tell me what i already know....

Ummmmm.....are you saying the four bungee cords and the twine were your hood latch?

 

[67GTA-FB429]

OK. So the bungee method does not work. What about the hood latch? Do they tear out of the fiberglass? I know that most recommend hood pins but no one comes right out and says that they are required.

 

[jbsteven]

this is where people will laugh

the 4 bungee cords and twine didnt hold.....

go ahead, tell me what i already know....

Southern ingenuity (politically correct term)



At least you are man enough to say what happened, my hats off to you on that point.

 

[GT2K]

Let's get this straight... you were driving it somewhere that would exceed over an hour and you were attempting to hold it shut with bungee cords (aka big elastic bands) and "twine"?

 

[GT2K]

OK. So the bungee method does not work. What about the hood latch? Do they tear out of the fiberglass? I know that most recommend hood pins but no one comes right out and says that they are required.

Never ever use a glass hood without pins unless it is a FULL metal framed piece.

 

[MustangMatt1966]

Never ever use a glass hood without pins unless it is a FULL metal framed piece.

shoooot.i just bought a cowl hood that is fiberglass from mustangs unlimited, and it doesnt have the metal frame from what i recall, and i was going to use the stock hood latch, are u saying that i need hood pins?

 

[65fastback2+2]

Ummmmm.....are you saying the four bungee cords and the twine were your hood latch?

im young and dumb, what can i say???? i just knew i didnt wanna drill wrong and mess up the hood, guess it wouldnt have mattered

 

[65fastback2+2]

OK. So the bungee method does not work. What about the hood latch? Do they tear out of the fiberglass? I know that most recommend hood pins but no one comes right out and says that they are required.

well, i WOULD NOT use a hood latch with it, no way no how, way to flimsy to be held from one center point. The hinge would just bolt through fiberglass and no metal, so i wouldnt trust it, hood pins is the only way i would go...

At least you are man enough to say what happened, my hats off to you on that point.

thanks, it takes alot to come before all the wisdom here to say you screwed up big time by being stupid

Let's get this straight... you were driving it somewhere that would exceed over an hour and you were attempting to hold it shut with bungee cords (aka big elastic bands) and "twine"?

you seem to have got it straight

 

[jbsteven]

65fastback

you gonna be at the Autorama show this weekend? I will be there all three days. I will have my 68 in the show. The stock looking gold one (nicknamed Goldmember). If you see a short guy with a mullet, that's me. Make sure to introduce yourself.

 

[65fastback2+2]

65fastback

you gonna be at the Autorama show this weekend? I will be there all three days. I will have my 68 in the show. The stock looking gold one (nicknamed Goldmember). If you see a short guy with a mullet, that's me. Make sure to introduce yourself.

as it stands, i will be in conroe working on my car =/

 

[65stanger]

thanks, it takes alot to come before all the wisdom here to say you screwed up big time by being stupid

Ahhhhh...young weedhopper, Wisdom is what allows you to recognize a mistake when you make it again!

In this case, since no one got hurt, you're ahead of the game!

 

[65fastback2+2]

Ahhhhh...young weedhopper, Wisdom is what allows you to recognize a mistake when you make it again!

In this case, since no one got hurt, you're ahead of the game!

if being an even more broke college freshman is ahead of the game, then i guess i am lol