Hood pins with hinges

[bil1024]

Anyone ever install them both together? Kinda like the hood pin look, just wonder how the hood would close over the pins.

[michael everson]

My friend did it. Pins end
Just under the hood rather than attached to the frame.
Mike

[FFinisher]

My friend did it. Pins end
Just under the hood rather than attached to the frame.
Mike

I have done it this way as well. Same reason, customer liked the hood pin look, but wanted hinges.

PS. I consider Mike and I friends... But I am not the one he referencing.

[CraigS]

I did it on my old MkII. The difference there is that the hood was just one thickness of fiberglass. Car came for the original owner w/ hoodpins and the usual large washers on the outside surface. I made my own hinges from some diy notes of the time. The piece that attached directly to the hood was 1/8"x1" angle maybe 5 inches long. I drilled it so the pin could be mounted to it vs the frame. I found this pic on the web just now which is just like mine were. Instead of the two bolts I used the pin.
https://i152.photobucket.com/albums/...s/SD531931.jpg
Worked fine for 15+years but I don't know if you could do similar to real FFR hinges.

[MikeD]

I did it as well and made a video of the work involved.

Let me know what you think:

Hood Hinge Install on Finished Mark 2 Factory Five cobra
https://youtu.be/2hGUOqZVmDg


Mike

[bil1024]

I did it as well and made a video of the work involved.

Let me know what you think:

Hood Hinge Install on Finished Mark 2 Factory Five cobra
https://youtu.be/2hGUOqZVmDg


Mike

Nice work, thanks for the idea

[CraigS]

Nicely done MikeD. Mine was similar but I made my prop rod connect the opposite way. On the driver side I made a piece that used the screws for the latch at the windshield end to mount a hinge for the rod. Made a small piece to attach like yours to the 3/4x3/4 tube to provide a hole for the end of the rod to fall into. When closing the hood the rod ended up being placed just outside of the hinge and sat on a piece of sticky back foam insulation.