[rusty76]

So it's story time with me ole truck. One of the first things my uncle bought or replaced on this here truck was the hood ornament, the one in the above picture. He bought it at the dealership in town. The original was pitted real bad and the chrome was flaking off. So he removed the old one and put the new one on. Case closed. Well sort of.

When I got the truck I had to do several things to it. It was completely drivable at the time but the radiator leaked, heater core was bad and needed shocks. Short beds ride rough.... I started driving the truck immediately. I drove it to work every day to both jobs. Everyday I drove it through the snow, rain and whatever the weather Gods presented for me. I enjoyed it a lot. It had tons of power compared to the econobox I was moping around in.

After about six months the hood latch would let loose. Scare the crap out of me. Make me think the hood was going to smack the windshield then I'd loose control down a hill into somebodies house. Lucky that never happen thanks to the secondary latch system. I worked on the latch and every week the hood would pop up. Messed with it and messed with it. Felt like taking the hood off. So one day after playing with the hood I inadvertently
turned the hood ornament sideways. Now the thin side was going with the flow of the air over the hood and not against it. Would you believe me if I told you the hood never popped open again for the exception of the time I didn't get the hood closed....Silly truck.