I had that pin style also and got tired of mis-placing the pins. I later used plastic coated cables on the pins to keep them around alittle longer but didn't like the pins hanging (kids thought they were play things) Here's another style you might try. I had them on my Pro Street car and I liked them due to no pins to lose One thing I did, I used larger dia. washers on the hood surface. I had a Blown Big Block and used 4 pins (1 each corner) because my hood lifted straight up/off. They worked well, slide fwd/bck...






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