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1962 Chevy Truck - Hands-Free Hood

1962 Chevy Truck Actuator
The actuator was slid into place and bolted into position.
1962 Chevy Truck Pushrod
The pushrod end was bolted to the lever end of the hood hinge.
1962 Chevy Truck Drivers Side Actuator
Here's the actuator on the driver side. You can see how small the hole actually needed to be in the firewall.
1962 Chevy Truck Custom Radiator Shroud
A custom radiator shroud means a little fabrication work was needed to mount the hood-latch system.
1962 Chevy Truck Hood Latch
The Chevy's stock hood-latch mount was retained, but modified heavily to work with a latch from Yearwood Speed and Custom.
1962 Chevy Truck Latch In Mount
Here, the bottom half of the latch is in place on the mount.
1962 Chevy Truck Stock Location
The top half of the latch was mounted to the hood, in virtually the stock location.
1962 Chevy Truck Threading Release Cable
The release cable was threaded through a hole in the fan shroud and attached to the latch through the side of the mounting box.
1962 Chevy Truck Release Handle
The release cable was mounted to a small pull handle just above the hand brake. Both were anchored to the steering column.
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