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Originally Posted by tubman
Thanks a lot guys. I can see it now. It goes between the hole on the middle of the long front "arm" to the hole on the body brace in the lower right of "Shoebox"s photo.
From the description on "Shoebox Central", their purpose is to hold down the rear of the hood, and say nothing about assisting raising it. As I said, it's a heavy bitch. When I was looking for springs, I found plenty of springs for the same era trucks. The trucks have 4 heavy assist springs (two on each side). I have to wonder why truck drivers have help with a heavy hood and car owners don't.  |
I am trading my '37 ford fordor in on a '51 crestline victoria and now im concerned about the same with hood springs myself cause im not the one that opened. im in same boat with ya i have a frozen left shoulder. today ive been looking at videos of some '51 fords for sale usually have vids of hood open.its easier to see the hood spring arrangement on a car that has light colored paint in inner fenders. Tom.