What do you think about this ?

Local cruise in / Thirty thousand dollar using a broom stick because the fancy hood hinges would not hold the hood up(car) . There are so many hood props out there waiting to be installed. If you think about it long enough, you can find a way to make it look good.

Hood? What do you need one of those things for? If you want people to see the engine, don't run a hood.

Maybe they didn't have time to come up with one or fix it. Come on now that's no reason to slam someone because they have a $30K car.

It could also have just happened at the show, and they improvised with what they had.

Usually, I'd rather they just left the hood shut. I'd rather look at the lines of the car, and there's not to many 350's I really care to look at.

I use the Louisville slugger I keep in the truck as a hood prop. I also agree with Sam, you see one 350 you've seen em all. Any sbc for that matter.

'Round here we use hockey sticks. Graphite for the rich guys and wood for us poor boys.

Ive only took my 30 chevy truck to 2 car shows and the hood stayed closed on both ..

Sam_Fear said:

Usually, I'd rather they just left the hood shut. I'd rather look at the lines of the car, and there's not to many 350's I really care to look at.

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Exactly

I usually keep the AMX hood closed because I love my hood scoop and everybody has seen an AMC 360. [ddd

I love that car maybe one day I'll get whats left of my nephew's 68 it has a scoop too ,, but it has the 390 in it , full cam .. it use to churp the tires every time the motor turned over , when you backed up in our garage .

Hood prop

I was not knocking the car in anyway. I was thinking that their had to be a better way to prop up the hood.

you've seen one Rambler engine , you have seen them all...LOL
Well........were are the pics????
I have seen some strange things holding hoods and doors open at outdoor and indoor shows. Cardboard holding side windows up on 25K cars....aluminum foil on gas lines, jack stands, hood props, wiper motors......

Baseball bat...theft deterrent device..i.e. hood prop


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Ricks Garage said:

you've seen one Rambler engine , you have seen them all...LOL
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Or is it "You've seen one Rambler engine, you have seen all of them"? Lol

I can't remember the last time I actually saw a Rambler engine...

Yankee Transplant said:

I love that car maybe one day I'll get whats left of my nephew's 68 it has a scoop too ,, but it has the 390 in it , full cam .. it use to churp the tires every time the motor turned over , when you backed up in our garage .

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Lord have mercy!

Kinda off the topic but not really, I never liked cars at shows where the owner is trying to show every part of the car. You know, the ones tilted over with mirrors to show the bottom, doors, hood and trunk open and especially the convertible or retractable top half up.

If it hain't blown, I don't need to see it.

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bob w said:

'Round here we use hockey sticks. Graphite for the rich guys and wood for us poor boys.

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Around here we should all know that every hot rod is always a work in progress. Maybe he hasn't got around to finishing that part of it yet.