my car is at the body shop and he is having trouble with the repro 400 hood.it won't latch.we think it has a 67 style latch on it.can we take the latch off my old fibreglass hood and put it on the new hood? does anyone have pictures of how to go about it. i will post pics of my hood latches tonight.i know i seen pictures of this before but i can't find them.

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the first pic is my new repro hood
the second pic is my fibreglass hood latch
the third pic is the latch that came with the car but wasn't installed as the fibreglass hood had hood pins.

Here are some pics of my 67 hood latch, as far as I know they are original.

anyone got a pic of a 69 latch?i was over on py site and found a modification you can make to the latch to make it work.you cut off a tab off the back of the top tab.if that makes sence.

Here is one on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-Fire...sQ5fAccessories

see the different angle of the latch in the hood? (its pretty slight ,but its there)the unpainted one is more angled than the painted one....Jeremys is the same as your painted one looks like....thats your problem.... maybe you can cut it out and replace...when I bought my 400 hood , one end was loose on that latch and I spotwelded it in place after I put a screw thru it to hold it, so I know that piece actually is loose ,but might be spotwelded in place...not sure how hard to get it out, but its possible...( I dont have a picture of mine ,but can take if you want)
otherwise replace the other part for a 67 version...but later models 68 and 69 are better because they have the safety catch...

My friend Andy in town has a 67 , bought a later hood , and his mechanic filed down something (most likely the safety catch)to make it work, he has not had any problems driving w/o safety catch (as 67 s dont)...that is another route

has anyone here cut out one hood catch out and replaced it with another and has pics of how to do it?

I was at the bodyshop today and had him do the modification to the latch,one little cut and the hood closed like it should.it sure beats cutting out the catch and replacing it.

I'd like to see a picture of what was done just out of curiosity.

so you had done ,the same thing as Andy here did to his...it works...just no safety catch , but 67`s didnt have that anyway..

That was the easiest way to go,the new hoods underside was already painted and we didn't want to cut it.