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Hawk Reverse opening hood I have completed my reverse opening hood on my 60 Hawk. I have always hated the hinges on my 62 Hawk and this reverse hinging is heaps beer. It is a 2 stage mechanism. A lever under the bumper releases the front and rear from its catches. The front is lied up about 4" and the front catch locks it there. The rear end is then lied up aided by the 2 gas struts which also hold it in the up posion. There is a lot of me invested in geng the design right. I looked at all sorts of mulple arm arrangements none of which I could get to work sasfactorily. There is no use changing something unless the result is much beer. Access was always the main idea. Even the area in front of the radiator is easy to get to. This picture show the parally completed mecha- nism showing the slots that the hood slide up in, the hood down and in the up posion before lng. None of the mechanism is visible from the outside.
Transcript of Hawk Reverse opening hood - studebaker-info.orgHawk Reverse opening hood I have completed my reverse...
Hawk Reverse opening hood I have completed my reverse opening hood on my 60 Hawk. I have always hated the hinges on my 62 Hawk and this reverse hinging is heaps be�er. It is a 2 stage mechanism. A lever under the bumper releases the front and rear from its catches. The front is li�ed up about 4" and the front catch locks it there. The rear end is then li�ed up aided by the 2 gas struts which also hold it in the up posi�on. There is a lot of �me invested in ge�ng the design right. I looked at all sorts of mul�ple arm arrangements none of which I could get to work sa�sfactorily. There is no use changing something unless the result is much be�er. Access was always the main idea. Even the area in front of the radiator is easy to get to. This picture show the par�ally completed mecha-nism showing the slots that the hood slide up in, the hood down and in the up posi�on before �l�ng.
None of the mechanism is visible from the outside.
In this picture you can see the catch arm which is part of the mechanism. The guide rod has threaded ends and there is a pin which goes thru the plate welded to the hood and into the guide rod. To remove the hood the two pins are unscrewed and the hood can be li�ed off.
In this picture you can see the rear lock with a li�le guide tab the ensure the hood enters the lock without damaging the bodywork as it is lowered.
GUIDE PLATE WELDED TO HOOD
GUIDE ROD GOES THRU GUIDE PLATE
CATCH ARM SPRING LOADED TO HOLD THIS POSITION
GUIDE SLOT
CATCH ARM SPRING LOADED TO HOLD THIS POSITION
GUIDE PLATE WELDED TO
HOOD
GUIDE ROD GOES THRU GUIDE PLATE
UPPER BRACE
CATCH PIVOT
HOOD IN DOWN POSITION
GUIDE SLOT
CATCH ARM SPRING LOADED TO HOLD THIS POSITION
GUIDE PLATE WELDED TO HOOD
GUIDE ROD GOES THRU GUIDE PLATE
UPPER BRACE NOT SHOWN
CATCH PIVOT
HOOD IN UP POSITION
EXTENSION OF CATCH ARM PROTRUDES DOWN TO HAND OP-ERATE THE HOOD CATCHES
HOOD in up posi-�on and full �lt up
CATCH ARM SPRING. Cable hid-den behind releas-es catches at wind-screen end also
The rear latches are shown. The part a�ached to the rear of the hood were made as a bolt on item. I wanted to be able to remove the whole system and return to the original. Now that I have finished that idea seems very unlikely. The latches are from a 80's Nissan hatchback. This type of latch is common on many cars and you could use many of them. When I get a moment I will put together a wri�en descrip�on and sequence of fabrica�on for the assembly. To produce a "kit" would be difficult for a few reasons, the main one would be the assembly tolerance on the front of these cars. When I bought this car the lower valance under the bumper was so badly damaged I had to drill out the spot welds and separate it into two parts to repair it. It looks good now but it is s�ll out of shape a bit and the main support bar for the hood mechanism is bolted to it. So what is on this Hawk may not fit exactly on another.
