3 months ago Im cruizing down the freeway pulling my work trailer and a Honda Accord about 4 cars in front of me has his hood come completely off doing 75 mph. The thing went about 25' in the air and landed right in front of me, crunch. The 37" BFG's just smushed it down and no damage at all! Lucky.....
i'd like to say sorry to hear about your misfortune first off.
for the year or so that i've been reading on stangnet all i ever hear is get hood pins because those fiberglass hoods and locks are a pos so make sure you pin your fiberglass hood.
doesn't it really all boil down to one thing and that is make sure your hood is closed and latched before you take off in your car.
hood pins only work if you put the pin in, and hoods rarely open if there closed properly is what a good friend of mine told me.
for the year or so that i've been reading on stangnet all i ever hear is get hood pins because those fiberglass hoods and locks are a pos so make sure you pin your fiberglass hood.
doesn't it really all boil down to one thing and that is make sure your hood is closed and latched before you take off in your car.
hood pins only work if you put the pin in, and hoods rarely open if there closed properly is what a good friend of mine told me.
I don't have pics of mine when if flew up, but here is a mental picture...65mph
and mine flies up but the hood stays on. couldn't see out of my windshield so I look like Ace Ventura with my head hanging out of the car. Hood ruined, cowl gone, hood arms junk, and that **** was caved in so bad that there was no way that my wipers would even come close to working. Worst day of my life. But my dad is one hell of a body man and pushed it back up and a little bondo, windshield, hood, paint, and cowl and you can't even tell anything ever happend.
and mine flies up but the hood stays on. couldn't see out of my windshield so I look like Ace Ventura with my head hanging out of the car. Hood ruined, cowl gone, hood arms junk, and that **** was caved in so bad that there was no way that my wipers would even come close to working. Worst day of my life. But my dad is one hell of a body man and pushed it back up and a little bondo, windshield, hood, paint, and cowl and you can't even tell anything ever happend.