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BOBB
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Posted: Jun/07/2023 at 10:58pm |
Does anybody know if it is possible to make a pacer hood open from the front?
I really like my pacer but I hate the fact that it opens from the rear. It makes it so hard to access the engine compartment. I know that some would call this thought blasphemy but so what.
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purple72Gremlin
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Think its best to leave it alone. Cutting and welding just to change on what end it opens is stupid.
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nickleone
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4 hood pins completely removable
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nick
401 71 Gremlin pro rally car sold 390 V8 SX/4 pro rally car sold 1962 Classic SW T5 4 wheel disc brakes |
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sweatlock
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I would think that if the hood were ‘reversed’, the angle at the back would make access challenging with ~1/3 of the engine tucked under the cowl. Unless it were done like a Jeep and it flipped straight up or backwards over the roof. When I had my ‘77 Pacer I actually liked the fact that the hood opened up from the rear - with it straight up I could get at pretty much everything without bonking my head. To each his own, though.
Edited by sweatlock - Jun/08/2023 at 4:55pm |
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BOBB
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Thanks, That's a thought that had not occurred to me. Quite practical. I'll consider it.
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BOBB
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Hood pins that is.
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nickleone
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nick
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tyrodtom
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The problem with using only hood pins is that sometimes you forget.
I've done it myself, at the track, and every year at least one car does it. Really makes a mess of the hood, windshield, roof.
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purple72Gremlin
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BOBB
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nickleone
Great idea. Flush hood pins. I will probably go for them. Thanks!
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