hood latch support

[OMS]

So - anybody figured out why mine has a single support if they didn't change them over until June of '71?

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Eric

Eric, I doubt it had a single support bracket from the factory.

I have seen some odd things but the grille and brackets for the single style set up were not being made in 10 / 70.

Don

I suppose it's possible that the car had been wrecked and newer stuff replaced onto it. However, based on all the Redneck Engineering that's been discovered, I highly doubt they would've actually done the right thing and used genuine Ford parts to repair something as trivial as a hood latch support (convering everything else I've found being original).

But you never know how may people owned it, wrecked it, worked on it.

maybe the first owner did things right.

 

[Don65Stang]

This thread says to me that my '71 was over engineered & therefore is more valuable. Lol

 

[Tnfastbk]

This thread says to me that my '71 was over engineered & therefore is more valuable. Lol

or was a change over year and is just a bunch of odd balls Maybe thats why I was destined to have a 71.

 

[Mister 4x4]

So - anybody figured out why mine has a single support if they didn't change them over until June of '71?

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Eric

Eric, I doubt it had a single support bracket from the factory.

I have seen some odd things but the grille and brackets for the single style set up were not being made in 10 / 70.

Don

I suppose it's possible that the car had been wrecked and newer stuff replaced onto it. However, based on all the Redneck Engineering that's been discovered, I highly doubt they would've actually done the right thing and used genuine Ford parts to repair something as trivial as a hood latch support (convering everything else I've found being original).

But you never know how may people owned it, wrecked it, worked on it.

maybe the first owner did things right.

Good point. I do remember finding some 'aftermarket' welds on the passenger side of the core support before I cut the original front clip off the car (not so much on the driver side though). You win this round, Don! rofl

 

[Mister 4x4]

OK BK - here's the hood latch support I got with the new front clip. Let me know if you still want it.

 

[Brian Kulis]

I'm trying to narrow down when Ford changed from 2 vertical hood latch support to a single support. In general 71s had two and 72-73s had one. Does anyone have a car with a build date of June through December, 1971? If so, please respond with number of supports and build date. I know it seems trivial but mild OCD makes these questions surface.

Thanks, Chuck

Do you know where to buy a 1972 Hood Latch Support Bracket? Mine is all dinged up and not repairable.

 

[72HCODE]

i can tell you 1972 cars built after august 71 were Single latch supports.

 

[OMS]

I'm trying to narrow down when Ford changed from 2 vertical hood latch support to a single support. In general 71s had two and 72-73s had one. Does anyone have a car with a build date of June through December, 1971? If so, please respond with number of supports and build date. I know it seems trivial but mild OCD makes these questions surface.

Thanks, Chuck

Do you know where to buy a 1972 Hood Latch Support Bracket? Mine is all dinged up and not repairable.

I have some pm sent

Don