I had this happen on a 63 many years ago. I used a butter knife inserted at
the front of the hood to slide the release. Careful for the paint. Once you
get it open, tie a piece of wire to the latch & pull through the drivers
side wheel well. You'd be surprised how many Imperials I've seen with that
arrangement.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Hood Relase Cable Broke - Help!
> 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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