Hood pins ??

Hey guys, I want to add hood pins on my 72 Grande. Not the original 71-73 ones but those Ford Racing or Shelby with the external wires (I think they may look really good on our cars, adding something very "muscle car" ) :

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=M16700A+01

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=16700+01

I do have the NASA hood on my Mustang, so it would be cool to drill the holes at the right place.

I can't choose between those hood pins kit, both seem to have 24 or 25 inches long wires, but will it be enough if the holes are drilled there :



What do you think ? Which kit do you think will look and fit the best ?

Thanks for helping me out

if you drill the hole in the same spot as twist locks, there is no place to mount the pin

You have to drill back about 7 - 8 inches or make a bracket

i used those pins/locks, after slighty scratching the paint when pulling the pin, i quickly changed to another set of locks, now i have these..



looks a lot cleaner..

downside is, you have to make a big hole in your hood...

Give me till the weekend. When I'm back home, I will send you the pics of my car and show you how it was done and where to put them.

i used those pins/locks, after slighty scratching the paint when pulling the pin, i quickly changed to another set of locks, now i have these..

looks a lot cleaner..

downside is, you have to make a big hole in your hood...

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BenD - do you have pics of them installed??? THX Ray

BenD - do you have pics of them installed??? THX Ray

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Sure Ray..





hope this helps.

Ben

BenD - do you have pics of them installed??? THX Ray

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Sure Ray..

hope this helps.

Ben

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Interesting. Thanks!

Ray