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 > > >