Hood pin plate orientation

[haueter66]

I have a 71 charger 500.  The holes are in the hood for the pins, but the plate holes are not there.  Do the get drilled in a + pattern or an X ?

[cudaken]

 On the + or x, are you talking about the holes for the chrome plate? Now I get it, you want to know if there is a led screw that goes to the front of the Charger or 2 led screw's one on the left and the other on the right.

My 70 cuda is in a X shape. It is a factory hood pin car and factory pins but no idea if the hood has been changed at one point.

                                       Cuda Ken

[ScottW]

Looks like X was the factory style. Here's a pic:

http://www.71superbee.com/John_Bober/FJ6/FJ6_71_superbee_024.jpg

There are many more examples on John's site too.

[Drop Top]

I agree with Ken. I have a stock Air Grabber Hood Car with the factory pins and the pattern of the screws are in an X. If that is wrong. There are more then a few that I put on wrong. And even more wrong that I have seen at some pretty major shows.   

[haueter66]

perfect!  thanks alot guys...

[hemigeno]

The pattern for the hood pin bezels changed after 1969.  It went from the "+" arrangement in 69 to to the "X" style from '70 on.

Chrysler's engineers figured out that the hood pin's cable (coated with a clear plastic) got torn up by the bezel screw being in-line with the hood pin.  By rotating the bezel 45 degrees, they eliminated the alignment and the torn-up cables.

Found all this out doing research on my Daytona...

[haueter66]

interesting!