Hood Pins Location

[enio45]

I have seen recently some fiberglass hoods and the placement of the hood pins vary.

Is it personal preference or some logic behind this.

Recent " for sale ad" on the site for the prostock hood - has them way on the outside which had me wondering about placement.

Thoughts?

[X66 714]

Since none were factory, I would suspect that it would be up to the installer....Joe

[Charley Lillard]

Here is my Z with a GM crossram hood and the hoodpin locations. The car was the late Warren Malkin's and he had Chris White install these parts he had saved over the years before he passed. I'm sure they are exactly where Chevrolet said to put them. I'm also pretty sure there are printed instructions somewhere.

[bergy]

My ‘67 hood pins were installed in the hood leveller location. Factory leveller nut in the rad support was drilled out to accommodate larger diameter hood pins. Early fiberglass hoods were pretty weak down the center. So, you’ll often see the hood pins moved inboard quite a bit.

Picture of the rad support pre-restoration

[big gear head]

I took off the fender braces and used those holes for my hood pins. It puts them closer to the center and I believe it spreads the load more evenly. It's been like this for 30 years and no problems.