47-55.1 Locking the hood - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Matt_50 · 07-14-2019, 03:33 PM

I would like to be able to lock my hood. I would prefer something like in a more modern truck, with a cable I pull under the dash before I can open hood.

Open to all ideas. What have some of you done or seen?

nvrdone · 07-14-2019, 03:46 PM

ok, what I did on my '49 - on the original latch I cut off the tab that you grab to pull the release. then I got a cable out of a c10 & ran it from the left side of the dash along the inner fender & to the latch. I drilled a hole out towards the end of the latch. put a bolt in the hole with a hole drilled thru it for the release wire to go thru. That really didn't work too good so I pit a loop in the wire and the bolt thru the loop & hole. seems to work good.
I pull the handle inside and that releases the latch. then I still have to pull the latch under the nose of the hood to open the hood.
sorry - I cnat post pictures. good luck.

Matt_50 · 07-14-2019, 04:07 PM

Do you have any pics? I still have the hood release from my c10 donor.

nvrdone · 07-14-2019, 04:24 PM

at this time I cant post pictures. sorry.

Matt_50 · 07-14-2019, 04:45 PM

No problem. Let me see if I understand correctly.

Here's a picture of a latch assembly upside down. The pull tab part is at the end of the arm, is this what you cut off so there's nothing to grab?

Then you drilled a hole in the arm closer to the latch... and using a bolt and cable you can pull arm that way?

Cable is mounted forward of latch so it pulls it forward?

mr48chev · 07-14-2019, 11:19 PM

Yep that is how he did it. I'd think you want the hole out far enough to get good leverage but not so far out that the cable pulls out too far due to the distance the lever moves. Plus not so far out someone can easily reach the lever.

I've never had a problem at shows with car guys opening my hood but have had issues a couple of times with the 80 somethings that think they can open a closed hood on a truck or car that doesn't belong to them at a show. Caught one and his same age buddy standing in front of my truck at an event once and when I asked why he thought he could open the hood without permission he fussed at me because I had a V8 in it and it wasn't "original" .

nvrdone · 07-14-2019, 11:40 PM

as mr 48 says, that's the way I did it.

07-14-2019, 03:33 PM	#1
Matt_50 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Joshua, Texas. Posts: 1,303	Locking the hood I would like to be able to lock my hood. I would prefer something like in a more modern truck, with a cable I pull under the dash before I can open hood. Open to all ideas. What have some of you done or seen? __________________ 1950 Build

07-14-2019, 03:46 PM	#2
nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,425	Re: Locking the hood ok, what I did on my '49 - on the original latch I cut off the tab that you grab to pull the release. then I got a cable out of a c10 & ran it from the left side of the dash along the inner fender & to the latch. I drilled a hole out towards the end of the latch. put a bolt in the hole with a hole drilled thru it for the release wire to go thru. That really didn't work too good so I pit a loop in the wire and the bolt thru the loop & hole. seems to work good. I pull the handle inside and that releases the latch. then I still have to pull the latch under the nose of the hood to open the hood. sorry - I cnat post pictures. good luck.

07-14-2019, 04:07 PM	#3
Matt_50 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Joshua, Texas. Posts: 1,303	Re: Locking the hood Do you have any pics? I still have the hood release from my c10 donor. __________________ 1950 Build

07-14-2019, 04:24 PM	#4
nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,425	Re: Locking the hood at this time I cant post pictures. sorry.

07-14-2019, 04:45 PM	#5
Matt_50 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Joshua, Texas. Posts: 1,303	Re: Locking the hood No problem. Let me see if I understand correctly. Here's a picture of a latch assembly upside down. The pull tab part is at the end of the arm, is this what you cut off so there's nothing to grab? Then you drilled a hole in the arm closer to the latch... and using a bolt and cable you can pull arm that way? Cable is mounted forward of latch so it pulls it forward? Attached Images __________________ 1950 Build

07-14-2019, 11:19 PM	#6
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,286	Re: Locking the hood Yep that is how he did it. I'd think you want the hole out far enough to get good leverage but not so far out that the cable pulls out too far due to the distance the lever moves. Plus not so far out someone can easily reach the lever. I've never had a problem at shows with car guys opening my hood but have had issues a couple of times with the 80 somethings that think they can open a closed hood on a truck or car that doesn't belong to them at a show. Caught one and his same age buddy standing in front of my truck at an event once and when I asked why he thought he could open the hood without permission he fussed at me because I had a V8 in it and it wasn't "original" . __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

07-14-2019, 11:40 PM	#7
nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,425	Re: Locking the hood as mr 48 says, that's the way I did it.



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