38bill
Well-known member
Finally had a second to shoot a pic of the underside of my hood latch assembly - It locks closed when the latch is in the closed position by the notched cam of the latch sliding over and engaging on the pin in the shroud / grill surround, but it sure isn't pretty. Not sure what someone was doing when they were in there - past sins and all...
Thats ugly! Wonder what they were doing. Here is a link to the '39 hood latch. As you will see the '39 uses a totally different catch than the single "pin" that the '38 used.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63228&highlight=1939+truck+hood+latch
Here is the '38.
