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These vehicles have a problem with the hoods flying open. After over 100 years of auto manufacturing, you would think they should have the hood latch figured out by now. Stan
 
Flying hoods reminds me of when it happened to the car I was riding in. Its 1967 Im a High School Jr and my friend who was driving was a Sr. Were going from suburban Maryland to a small Pennsylvania ski area after school. The place had 1 chairlift. We had stopped to get gas on the way. Back then of course there was no self serve. I remember the gas attendant had a hard time getting the hood secured when he checked under the hood. I guess he didnt get it secured. Only about an hours drive. Were in the fast lane on I70. All of a sudden the hood flies open and bends over the roof. Were in his parents Chevy station wagon. Scared the you know what out of us. To his credit he got us safely off on to the shoulder. Took a ski safety strap and tied the hood down and went to the ski area anyway.
 
Back in the 60's my sister's mustang hood flew up after she went over RR tracks.
Good chance she didn't have hood latched good.
 
I was taking the 2 girls that we had baby sitting for us home. The hood flew up on my 67 ford pickup on a long highway bridge with traffic coming. I suspect some one sabotaged me. I could look between the cowl and the hood and gauged the side rails while getting into the brakes. The 2 girls were scared chitless and i held on to it to make it to the other end of the bridge.
 
A fella a grade ahead of me in school had the hood fly up on his Studebaker on his way from school. I forget the model name. It had a long hood, looked like the batmobile. For the rest of the school year he drove around with a crinkled hood with a strap over it to hold it down.
 
Henry had the tailgate figured out a century ago!

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A century later were still fiddling with heated, folding, ladder making, lighted, locking, tailgates that dont last one season in the Midwest!
 
I drove a 1959 Ford Fairlane in high school. There hoods were hinged from the front. I drove with the hood open many cold mornings to help defrost the windshield.
 
My wife was given the chance to drive the family '53 Chevy with the father riding beside her on hwy 20, two lane when a pheasant flew up and hit the prow of the hood, unlatching it and floppo...she cooly got the car off the road, family OK. Leo
 
It's common to drive the Studebaker Avanti with the hood unlatched in summer. There is very little cooling vent with the hood closed, but hood open allows the engine heat from the radiator to flush out the top back. Hinged from the front of course.
 
The TV here said they did never have that hood flopup reported, but said it could, so they are recalling them to replace the latch???

If it is not expensive for them and and wish good will from the customer, this could be a combination of PR, Customer Relationship, and a chance to get owners back in touch with the dealer for a possible sales contact. Free TV advertising, name recognition.
 
(quoted from post at 10:33:27 12/04/21) A fella a grade ahead of me in school had the hood fly up on his Studebaker on his way from school. I forget the model name. It had a long hood, looked like the batmobile. For the rest of the school year he drove around with a crinkled hood with a strap over it to hold it down.
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Sounds like that was a Studebaker Hawk.


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I had a '56 Buick Special have it fly up at 60 MPH. As you would expect, move fast in getting over the occurrence then a quick look for a way to see out the front....thankfully the hood was V'd in the center and I could hunker down close to the dash and see out to get it stopped.
 
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