Re: [Chrysler300] 300D hood release

[jlsavard@xxxxxxx]

Trivia from the ancient past:
On the day of the press introduction of the 1957 Chryslers, the Carburetor  
Laboratory, where I was working, had the only C300 C available for the 
press to  drive.  Persons were assigned to drive the car from Central 
Engineering to  the Chelsea proving grounds for this REALLY BIG occasion.  Remember, 
these  were brand-new bodies, then, and the C300's had a hood and front end 
design  totally different from anything else.  They were RARE!
 
On the way out to the P.G., the hood latch totally failed, and the hood  
blew up and back over the windshield of the test car.  No other cars or  hoods 
were available, so Chrysler was forced to use that car for demonstrations,  
kinks and all!
 
I'm pretty sure that any changes in latch design were influenced by that  
event!
 
Joe Savard, Lake Orion, Michigan
 
 
In a message dated 9/16/2010 10:01:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

 
 
 
Tom, it looks like you may have everything you need already. There is  
no second safety latch or spring - just a two-step main latch. On the  
other hand, if yours actually has a cable release on it, someone has  
changed yours from original. In that case your junk yard crawl won't do  
you any good unless there's a 300 there. The other Chrysler models used  
an entirely different latch set that is upside down from the 300  one.

If you don't have a cable release, you probably have the right  thing the 
way it is.

Keith Boonstra

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On 9/15/2010  6:43 PM, Tom Chvapil wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> My 58  D is missing the safety hood release and the spring that 'pops' the
>  hood up when you release the cable.
> If someone could take a picture of  the assembly and send it to me, I 
would
> really appreciate it. It would  help me a lot in locating the right 
> piece(s)
> when I do my  monthly junk yard crawl...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom and  Jean in Tucson
>
> 

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