Bad Juju

[twodko]

Drove the Charger yesterday to put some gas in it. The grill assembly has been removed preping for paint. A nylon strap & buckle are holding the hood down..................or WERE holding the hood down! No damage to the roof or windshield just my wallet.

Tom

[aone415]

DAMN... hopefully your body guys can fix the hood... sorry for the setback

[bull]

At least now you can get to that hidden rust.

[twodko]

Thanks. We got off the road without anything else happening thankfully. I've got feelers out for another hood in my area but if not it'll be AMD. Both rear corners bent up 90 degrees and are pretty much toast, the hinges are OK so I caught a break there.

On a happier subject, I'll post some pictures of the resto we began 4 months ago. Nothing like Per and a lot others but fun anyway.

Tom

[jaak]

Man that sucks, but atleast another hood isn't too hard to find. Just glad you wasnt hurt or anymore damage was done.

Jason

[Cooter]

Been there, done that....And yep, it sucked just as bad for me as well....

[tan top]

   ouch !!   if there is any good in whats happened its only the hood thats wrecked , & hinges maybe     could of been much worse

[LeadfootBob]

Under the circumstances... Lucky bastard!   
What is it with mopars and hoods flying open? Had a '77 Volare, got it cheap because the previous owner was driving down the freeway one day and the hood popped open, tore up the metal all the way to the windshield and flattened against it. He managed to stop without hitting anything as well.

[FLG]

OUCH!!!

Ive seen hoods not only open but fold back and fly right off 

You got off easy.

[b5blue]

Tuff break Tom! 

[BrianShaughnessy]

  A former co-worker of mine got his Mudstain all finished and went to his first car show a few years back.   Didn't slam the hood just right and it flew open on the way home... had to call the insurance company and go back to the bodyshop.

  At least you didn't have it painted already...

  AMD hoods are very nice   

[Tilar]

Ouch!  Man that made me cringe. What a shame, that looked like a nice hood.

[twodko]

Thanks to all of you for feeling my pain. My wife and I were VERY lucky indeed. We were on a rural road a couple miles from home going maybe 30-35 mph. Bless my wife's heart, she was calm as can be and guided us off the road. I was able to bend the hood enough to get it back down and tied it off with my belt. I pulled the hood off Sunday morning and will hang it in my shop (very very securely) as a reminder that if bad s**t can happen it will happen.
The hood was perfect though or so I thought until I saw the rust between the panels after this breath taking fun. Lesson learned.
You guys are the best!

Tom

[Khyron]

if u where closer I would have a hood for u, sorry to hear about the booboo. again, very lucky!

[twodko]

Thanks Khyron, I wish I was closer too right about now.

Tom

[Belgium R/T -68]

100 years ago I had a cuda 440-6 but with a monster 383 in it, on my first time on the track same thing happend to me.
Hood bent over and crashed the windshield, nobody got hurt luckely. I didn't do many races after that.

Per

[qwick68]

yea same happend to me....young and dumb thought the rope would hold it...LOL! got a trashed hood and a smashed roff...damn

[Charger440RDN]

Sorry to hear about the hood, glad it was just minor and nobody was hurt.

[squeakfinder]

Weird how they bend.

This one's been on craigslist for quite some time for $85.00  .

[70charginglizard]

not to make light of it but it reminds me of tommy boy.

[MoparManJim]

Weird how they bend.

This one's been on craigslist for quite some time for $85.00  .

It's not weird on how they bend. think about it. Hood hinges on both sides holding it. The center has no nothing to hold it in place. The hood comes up gets yank backwards by the air. The sides the are hold isn't going to give that easy. The center that has nothing is going to bend with that big open part that has all the air behind it pushing on it. The area that has nothing holding it will bend fast. 

[twodko]

Man that picture Squeakfinder posted is exactly how my hood bent. It would cost more than its worth to repair it soooooo........I've made the call to AMD. Great folks but my wallet is bleeding.

Tom

[Charger440RDN]

Are you gonna put hood pins on the new hood when it's done? That should prevent this in the future

[Charger-Bodie]

Just an FYI....You would be hard pressed to find many restored cars that didnt have surface rust between the layers like that....The few that you could find would have likely been dipped.

[jaak]

not to make light of it but it reminds me of tommy boy.

Tommy Boy.... now thats a classic. Anytime I catch it on TV, I gotta stop what Im doing and watch it again.

Jason

[twodko]

The rust was an eye opener with what I know about how the car was taken care of and stored. Oxidation is everywhere and water is the most powerful solvent on the planet. I sure need to be proactive avoiding any further hood flights. I'm hesitant to go the pin route. I was considering some type of plastic coated bicycle cable through some of the under hood openings looping through the latch panel or something but at 56 that might prove to be a PITA. I don't mnd the look of hood pins I just hate to drill holes in a brand new hood. I suppose I could shrink wrap the front end of the car but it looks awful at car shows. Any other ideas guys?

P.S. Jaak, that is a very creative avatar!

Tom

[MoparManJim]

The rust was an eye opener with what I know about how the car was taken care of and stored. Oxidation is everywhere and water is the most powerful solvent on the planet. I sure need to be proactive avoiding any further hood flights. I'm hesitant to go the pin route. I was considering some type of plastic coated bicycle cable through some of the under hood openings looping through the latch panel or something but at 56 that might prove to be a PITA. I don't mnd the look of hood pins I just hate to drill holes in a brand new hood. I suppose I could shrink wrap the front end of the car but it looks awful at car shows. Any other ideas guys?

P.S. Jaak, that is a very creative avatar!

Tom

Heres an idea better then hood pins  , where the last latch is at. The on you pull to rase up the hood. That black metal  J hook. Heres my idea, take and get a spring that is strong enough to leave you pull the handle to pull the latch back to open but yet also pull the latch back to it's original pistion fast once you leave go of the handle. This way no bumping oir jaring when droven will release the latch. Drill a small hole in the latch side just big enought for the spring hook to go trough and then clamp the end shut some how. Put a fasher bolt on under the hood to fashtion the spring to but make sure the spring has some tension on it already though so it won't leave the latch have play unless you pull pull on the handle to pull the latch back to open the hood up. This way the hood latch will have tenstion on it at all times to keep it in close position alot better then factory was.

[jaak]

P.S. Jaak, that is a very creative avatar!

Tom

2-3 weeks ago, I primered the whole car for its second round of blocksanding, after it dried, I just had to pop on that RT emblem to look at it....took a pic....new avatar!

Jason

[twodko]

Jason, the avatar is the bomb!

MoparManJim, I'm going to give your idea a look tonight when I get home. Thanks.

Tom