RoswellGrey

You guys all really made my day in discussing -- at great length -- the orientation of the hood pins. Personally, I think was pretty much up to whoever mounted stuff at the factory how things turned out. For example, my '70 had Pentastar insignia on BOTH fenders, yet it's "supposed" to be on just the right one. In a lot of ways, the original cars were just slapped together, and not everything is exactly the same on every car.

canadiancanuck

you know I'm going to do 1 of each way hahahahahahaha

canadiancanuck

yeah the shop has been behind and has had to put me off a few times, but they are worth the wait, just counting down the days, paint, pins and my GTS blackout kit is on it's way, now I'm debating on some Carbon fiber items??? But putting together a BT engine dressup kit.

RareTA

Cannot wait to see the final results!

canadiancanuck

car is in tomorrow woohooo can't wait!!!!

canadiancanuck

ugghhhhhhhh!!!!!! get there this morning and they are still behind, so I have been rebooked for June1 now, which sucks as I was hoping to have the car done before our big meet in Red Deer, I'd go to another shop but these guys are worth the wait, I know it will be done properly the first time.

sorry guys I'm disappointed as well.

canadiancanuck

on a good note, I did get my complete smoked cover kit from GTS this afternoon, i'll take pics tomorrow once i clean the car.

aldenthomas

f the hood and mount are straight and even get the locking ones , if the hood is angled I'd get the regular ones. My hoods angled and it took me a month to get the locking ones to line up and tons of custom work.

canadiancanuck

waiting anxiosly for paint and pins ... uggghhhh it's like waiting for Xmas, although I'm buying more parts on the side, my rear louvers are here... wohoo

RoswellGrey

I happened to think of another thing about the original '70s era hood pins. You actually wanted the pins mounted sideways instead of front to back. At that time, few cars had internal hood releases and you could use little padlocks instead of the pins. Mounting the studs with the holes aligned sideways, you could close the padlocks with the lock facing you, when you stood in front of the car. Otherwise, the lock would have been pointing either toward the center of the hood or off to the side, making it harder to open.