I missed this post the first time around. I know that this won't work for '66,
but on my '60, I keep a wooden yard stick in the trunk. It fits through the
grill bars and can easily be manipulated to work the lever.
Amazingly, when this happened to me, I was on my way to Spokane, Washington. A
gas station attendant offered the yard stick as they had used it on another
car. I have kept it ever since. It took a while to get that cable fixed, so I
relied on that yard stick for several months, back in the '80s when I was
driving that car.
Paul
In a message dated 5/16/2004 11:31:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
donkiyoti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
>
> On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 07:13 AM, Oneof514@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > The hood release cable just broke on my 66 Imperial - naturally with
> > the hood closed!
> >
> > Any suggestions for getting it open again are much appreciated.
> >
>
> Hi Wayne,
>
> I had this happen on my '65 a long time ago. As I remember, you can pop
> the latch by using a long screwdriver to push it sideways, or you can
> loop a piece of wire around it and pull it. I had to do this for quite
> awhile!
>
> To fix the cable, you'll need to get hold of some stiff wire (like
> piano wire). I had a machinist drill out the old cable from the handle
> and secure the new one with a set screw.
>
> Best,
> JM
>
>
>
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