Can someone please post a picture here of the hole that the latch goes through on the inside of the hood. Mine is damaged and I will need to weld a piece of metal in but I am not sure of the bend to put on it. Thanks
Mine's a 68, I don't know if they are the same as a 67 but I took a few pics. If it quits raining and warms up a bit today or tomorrow, I'll take it outside in the daylight and maybe I can get some better shots. Hole is 1-15/16" X 1-3/4". The opening on the driver's side is just folded up 90 degrees but the passenger side is rolled to accept the latch. May have to weld a piece of rod or a cut off bolt in there is yours is missing. Speaking of which, my buddie with a 67 had the hood fly up at 60 MPH, seems the 67 latches were latched or not but the 68s had a secondary latch to stop them from flying open. He changed his 67 out for a 68 latch. Just thought I'd add that in case you may find it interesting.
Perfect, that is just what I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to do that. I bought a repop latch mechanism because the car didn't come with one. I don't know what the 67 latch is suppose to be but the one I got has the safety latch and the lock-down latch. What has been cut off of the hood looks like it was rolled opposite of yours so I will try to make mine like what you have. My latch must work for 67 and 68. I am sure I will be doing more than 60 in this thing someday and a hood popping up would ruin the day for sure.. thanks again
They will work for both, Rod's went right in to replace the non-safety 67 latch he had. Scared the heck out of him when the hood flew up. Happened to me while driving an old 1953 Austin Countryman over the Auckland Harbour Bridge in Auckland New Zealand. Smashed out the glass and I got a face full. Rush hour of course!