Mystery hood latch?

[charger440six_pac]

Seller has this advertised as a remote hood latch for a 71 B-body (including Charger) but I've never seen one of these on a Charger...
Anyone know what model this is from?

[charger440six_pac]

The ones I've seen look like this -

[tan top]

 one for use with hood relese cable , under dash    

[Dodgecharger74]

that 2nd one is on my 74

[Silver R/T]

almost looks like trunk release to me. At least it looks pretty close to one on my 68 Charger

[mauve66]

looks like trnk release to me too

[Silver R/T]

Here's one off of my 68

[Rolling_Thunder]

looks like trnk release to me too

   Me three -  wasnt there a vacuum operated trunk release ?  Maybe a solenoid attached to that ?

[tan top]

yeah was thinking trunk relese also at first , but they have a rod  to relese the catch from the actuator ! that one looks like a cable to me 

[charger440six_pac]

Yep, trunk latch was my first thought, too. But I've never seen one with a cable connection like that either. So I dug up my archive pic of the vacuum one but it doesn't seem to match...   Now, I'm not 100% sure this vacuum deck lid latch is for a 71 B-body.

The interesting thing that points to a hood latch, is there isn't a provision for operation with a key...

[mauve66]

looks just like that vacuum latch you showed to me, just no vacuum attached to it, the 1st gen trnk latches had a flat rod going from the key cylinder to the latch itself, no key shows on the latch, my car isn't here anymore or i would take a pic to show ya, A383WING probably can tell just from looking at it

[charger440six_pac]

I think not, there's no slot for the rod from the keyset in the mystery latch; there IS in the vacuum version -

[mauve66]

ok, but seems to me to have the same features

red circle is where rod goes from key cylinder
green circle is rivet from latch itself to vacuum bracket
blue circle is same angle from edge of latch bracket
pink outline is just the vacuum bracket that is riveted to the latch itself

[A383Wing]

Pinky...first 2 photos of this thread shows pics of latches with no key rod slots..so they cannot be for the rear trunk

[Rolling_Thunder]

what about a later model Aspen or Volare ?  Did those use a cable release hood catch ?  C-bodies ?  anyone ?   

[A383Wing]

I thought the mid 70's Dart had inside hood release?

[charger440six_pac]

Pinky...first 2 photos of this thread shows pics of latches with no key rod slots..so they cannot be for the rear trunk

It is a hood latch but I'm pretty sure it's not for a 71-74 Charger. Do the 68-70 Chargers use this type latch?

[A383Wing]

68-70 Chargers did not have inside hood release.....

[charger440six_pac]

The stamping is ISE 0071 or 1SE 0071, which would make the date code 0071 (7-Jan-71)? That would make it for a 71 production year vehicle.

[mauve66]

k, i seee what i did, after looking at the first pic i later connected it to the other pic and then started comparing the vacuum one to the pic after my thread

sorry, the stress of having Mary gone is just too much here lately

[pistolgrip]

looks just like my trunk release on my 74 charger

pistolgrip