my latest mod, hydraulic hood prop (no more prop rod)
 

my latest "mod" here a hydraulic hood prop, using an old hatch strut
this mod was a total cost of nothing and required absolutley no drilling
that hatch strut is near dead and still holds the hood fine, im hoping it will open the hood itself when i put a brand new one it
nad for the record, it doesnt hit anything under the hood
this wold be a great mod for ppl with 79's where the hood prop is on the passenger side, which i have heard is quite an annoyance

anyway on to the pics, enjoy.,

WOW...i think i am gonna do that to my 7...thanks for the idea!

One more thing.....can you put up a pic of where you are viewing this strut from the passenger side....i want to see where you installed this strut at....THANKS AGAIN!

Wow im a dumbass i should click on all the pics before i post...SORRY I'll stop talking....im new to this forum stuff

where i installed it in in the 3rd pic
on the strut tower on the inside

It's definitely a good idea... now to make it look good!!!

thats cool

Simple, cheap, effective. I love it.

you mean FREE ;)

Give This Guy A Medal!

Not really FREE.... My hatch's struts don't even work, so they're forty bucks a pop up here....

But still frikkin' awesome! I'm wondering if we could source a smaller, cheaper-to-buy-new one that could work, perhaps mounted to the rad or something... if you cut a hole in the cover plate between the rad and the hood for it to fold down into, it would look great, stow away in it's own little hole, and it would hold the hood up :)

Just tossin' out ideas. For people with extra hatch struts this is great though!

Jon

i like the way it looks where i mounted it, i guess its not free if u dont have a spare hatch strut :)

thats cool. you should have patented it befor posting! ha ha ha. when you were doing it, did you check to see what it looked like on the other side? it's pretty bare over there.

i already patented it, im going to begine to mass produce these, or sell the idea to a company such as CP racing or some other company that does alot of shit for first gens

BTW the patent is for sale for 500USD, this is no joke either

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Are you seriously serious Greg? That's freakin awesome if you are!

Could we have the patent number?

I just want to see a regular fellow from this forum make it big :D

the application for the patent has been submitted, i should get the patent number in a few days

this a really good idea youve got.:bigthumb:

see, you all can make your own, i dont care, but if u try and sell the idea, you will be getting sued ;)

You just wasted eighty dollars.

i havent payed for shit yet, so i didnt waste anything

Heh. No money, no application.

Edit: ouch. I guess times have changed. The lowest fee is now $375.

well this online thing i did, you pay them after the application is approved.....

damnit, im just joking, i didnt patent this, just thought i would share a nice idea i had with fellow first gen owners

That's a pity, lol.

Great idea, though. Be sure that I'll use it. ;)

You really should've patented it. That's what I thought until I saw the patent fee!