Hey there, my hood is stuck down on my '67 Parisienne, any one know how best to release it?
Thanks
Ian
427carl said
Mar 10, 2014
go around to front and find lever (sticking out) and pull
Blackheart4355 said
Mar 10, 2014
While pulling on the lever,
If the hood doesn't pop up, push down on it and it should pop on up..
427carl said
Mar 10, 2014
yes I forgot that
66 Grande guy said
Mar 10, 2014
I bought two 67 Grande Parisiennes this summer both of which had the hoods rusted shut. I hope thats not your problem because it was a real bugger to get them open without wrecking too much sheet metal. I had to take off the bottom valence panel under the bumper and work away from that angle trying to spray as much penetrating oil as I could on the latches and the other linkages. Even so I had to pry from the top as well to finally get it to break the rust bond.
I hope you don't have to go to that extreme but the 67's seem to have that problem more than any other one of seen. I've had four and 2 or them were rusted shut. One one it to turned out to be a good thing as once I did pop it open there was an unmolested 396 looking back up at me.
I think the 67 Parisiennes have basically the same hood setup just a different grille.
Hey there, my hood is stuck down on my '67 Parisienne, any one know how best to release it?
Thanks
Ian
go around to front and find lever (sticking out) and pull
If the hood doesn't pop up, push down on it and it should pop on up..
yes I forgot that
I bought two 67 Grande Parisiennes this summer both of which had the hoods rusted shut. I hope thats not your problem because it was a real bugger to get them open without wrecking too much sheet metal. I had to take off the bottom valence panel under the bumper and work away from that angle trying to spray as much penetrating oil as I could on the latches and the other linkages. Even so I had to pry from the top as well to finally get it to break the rust bond.
I hope you don't have to go to that extreme but the 67's seem to have that problem more than any other one of seen. I've had four and 2 or them were rusted shut. One one it to turned out to be a good thing as once I did pop it open there was an unmolested 396 looking back up at me.
I think the 67 Parisiennes have basically the same hood setup just a different grille.
I hope that helps.