[bikeman59]

I have an '80 Scottsdale - external hood latch. My neighbor has an '80 Siverado - internal hood latch. This tells me the internal cable release parts are available, but I don't know if the core support is different.

Once running, I'm going to have the same problem with my truck that you are - I don't want anyone getting under the hood. I'm thinking about a set of hood pins with padlocks. The biggest problem I have with that is if I have an engine fire, I won't be able to get the hood open very fast.

I can only imagine that someone else has dealt with this and there may be other posts here that could help.