[Shiny]

Originally Posted by Tuske427

... it lacked the secondary safety latch...

I'm curious if this was the same as the GM version?

If you had no release rod on the outside, and you popped the remote from inside, how would you release the safety latch when you got out to open the hood?

Could this have been marketed more as a convenience than as a security feature? For example, if you drove into a gas station in 1970 that had an attendant, maybe this remote came in handy? OTOH, any service attendant would know how to open the hood... I know Oregon did not allow self-serve gas the last time I drove through it.. back in 1969 or 70 it was probably common everywhere.

Mike

[LostTurtle]

This is turning into quite the thread!

Originally Posted by Shiny

If you had no release rod on the outside, and you popped the remote from inside, how would you release the safety latch when you got out to open the hood?

To me it looks like you'd need a second set of hands. One to lift the hood while the other holds the latch release in the cabin.

Originally Posted by Mark Simiele

John, here is my interior hood release option....I found most people have never seen one and it does get some notice from the more sharp eyed show goers. Though it does require a note if the car is getting worked on as to inform its there and how to use it.

It looks great! I think I would glance right past it thinking it was the park release at first glance. Thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by Shiny

I bought one several years back but haven't installed.
Attached are scans of the paperwork that came with it.
May help someone.
Mike

Wow those docs came out great and makes a great comparison to the current market offerings. Thank you for sharing!

['ol Pinion head]

Beginning back in the mid 80's, in boneyards, I occasionally stumbled across & pulled the accessory pkg "Hood Lock". They were installed on early 70's Oldsmobile Cutlasses, & remember right, a few Olds full size offerings as well. Pontiac offered basically the same black plastic pod, cable, & latch over the dealer counter as an accessory package. I've owned one of the Pontiac packages NOS, but after purchase & in examining the installation instructions, decided to not modify the 71's coresupport.

Back to the Olds installations, one thing I often ran across on the Olds installed packages was the chrome metalized lever on black plastic pod was often snapped off.

[Tuske427]

Originally Posted by Shiny

I'm curious if this was the same as the GM version?

If you had no release rod on the outside, and you popped the remote from inside, how would you release the safety latch when you got out to open the hood?

Could this have been marketed more as a convenience than as a security feature? For example, if you drove into a gas station in 1970 that had an attendant, maybe this remote came in handy? OTOH, any service attendant would know how to open the hood... I know Oregon did not allow self-serve gas the last time I drove through it.. back in 1969 or 70 it was probably common everywhere.

Mike

The design of this aftermarket unit still requires pulling the lever in front to open the hood. There's a rod attached to the back side of the lever that gets pulled on to release the hood latch. there's also a sliding stopper that blocks said rod to prevent the latch from being released. sliding the lever inside the cabin is what activates the stopper.

It worked this way on the aftermarket latch and same on mine. The difference is I welded a stronger rod to my latch lever than the one that came in the kit/ aftermarket unit, and my latch has the secondary catch. (it's also original so it looks better when the hood is up) the secondary catch is only for safety, it has no impact on the locking mechanism itself.

hope this helps explain more