Hoods

[dvdswan]

that's really interesting, to think a manufacturer made a tool change for something that minor.

[Stewart G Griffin]

Hickey Enterprises had an interesting hood design:
http://brochures.slosh.com/blazer/hickey14.jpg

and
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133611

[Stewart G Griffin]

Ok, apparently this place sells a repro of that drop hood:
http://autofab.com/i-18131106-1973-80-chevy-truck-blazer-drop-center-hood.html

i love it, but it won't fit an 81 and up?

[roundhouse]

What year did they use the hook post on the firewall?

I've seen some that has a post bolted to the centrr of the firewall and a hole in the hood support brace on the bottom of the hood
Presumably to keep it from going back thru the windshield in a crash


And I still don't see any "lip"

[Captkaos]

It isn't really a "lip" is it a raised portion on the front.

I think up to 1978 had the center post but it is hit or miss on why.

[roundhouse]

I finally found a pic that I could see the extra line on the front

Never noticed it before

The one I saw with the post in the center of the firewall was a 80 i think

Looked like the little post the door latches onto

[Funkatation]

I just ordered a new hood for my 74 gmc. It appears the replacements are modeled after the 79-80? Will I need to change a lot to make it work?

[Irish_Alley]

no mods. its just a cosmetic difference on a raised lip on the front

[Funkatation]

So all the existing hardware will switch over? I don't need to move my center mount release? Ease just going through this thread and saw there were more Subtle  differences.