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| hi all, i started to reproduce all the hood springs for the forward look cars. i have from 1955-1962 most cars. if you need any call me 516 233 7788
i will discount if anyone needs any .
i have most cars from those years made in high quality steel exact duplicate of originals .
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | What years had red springs and what years black?
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Location: Chicago | Have you considered doing convertible trunk hinge springs? I have a guy bugging me for '61 Plymouth convertible trunk hinge springs off a rough car I have, but I don't want to sell just the springs. '61'-'62 Chrysler and Plymouth look the same - 2 springs per side. '60 Chrysler has one spring per side. |
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| no i dont have those samples i can make any spring. |
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Location: Under the X in Texas | Interesting, dropped you a note, mwarsh1
56DodgeBoy, Depends on the year and the model. Sometimes the springs are painted body color on the assembly line having already been installed in the car. Example: 57 up Chrysler 300s. |
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | The hood springs on my Canadian built ex-1960 Polara were painted red originally. |
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Location: Michigan | I have purchased two different sets of hood springs. Neither of them could hold up the hood of my 55 Chrysler like the originals do. If your building them to spec for 55, don't. I am betting they updated those specs to make them stronger and two different manufacturers have failed to make strong enough springs. My issue was with the tension at the most relaxed point of the spring, where the hood is closed. In the process of trying to fix that I got another problem keeping the hood open. A trade off I wasn't willing to make. |
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| who made the hood springs you bought ? is your hood full of bondo? |
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Location: Michigan | No my hood is pure steel. I got a set from Sweden and set from http://www.ebay.com/usr/vintageamericanpartscompany?_trksid=p205787...
They had the same problem. |
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hood springs for forward look cars
