And, finally, started on converting the hood latch mechanism to a cable controlled mechanism, with the latch lever only releasing the secondary latch. It looks like it will be fairly easy, the latch lever contacts the main latch mechanism via a small tab, straightening or cutting off the tab will allow the lever to open the secondary latch, only. It will require welding on a small tab to the bottom of the assembly to provide a connection point for the cable housing and also conceal the connection, and welding a small tab to the main latch release lever to connect the cable to.
As you can tell, I like building or revising things. The glove box project costs less for materials than a repop glove box, but it took a couple of hours to get it together, if I had to pay myself it wouldn't be cost effective, but I liked doing it.