Nick, this was a mid-year change. The primary/secondary type hood lock was
used on 55's and early 56's.
Robert
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From: Dirt Rider <drt-rdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, April 20, 2001 10:00 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] hood latches
>Something I noticed today. I now have two 56 Plymouth Savoys. The hood
>latches on the car are different. One the v/8 56, the spring and male part
>of the latch is on the car and you only need to move one lever on the hood
>to release.
>On the 6 cyl 56 the spring and male part are on the hood. You need to
>release one lever on the car, primary release and then another lever on the
>hood for the second release. Was this some kind of mid year change,
>difference in a v/8 and 6cyl. Maybe one has 55 stuff on it.
>Any idea, just curious
>
>Nick
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