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 > > > > > >