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> Yesterday, from good to bad.
mlindner
post Mar 21 2021, 07:40 AM
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I have been struggling with my new PMO carb setting and finally got a good running engine on all six cylinder.....added gas and took a short brisk drive around the neighborhood.......for got to put the hood pins in...smash, at 40 mph all I have in front of me is signal orange hood.
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post Mar 21 2021, 07:45 AM
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I'm so sorry for you. I know you've put heart and soul into that car. You will recover and get it fixed. Let me know If I can help in any way or provide any resources.
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post Mar 21 2021, 07:50 AM
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Ouch so sorry. From fun to bummer in seconds. The life of a 914 owner always something brother! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Mar 21 2021, 07:54 AM
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OMG! I am so sorry to see that. But I totally get how excited you must have been to take that beauty for a spin and hear that 6. Glad no one was hurt and it's just some metal, labor and paint to make it like new.
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post Mar 21 2021, 07:55 AM
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I know it sucks... But Its a car. Its fixable... Your not, I'm glad your ok.
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post Mar 21 2021, 07:57 AM
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post Mar 21 2021, 08:05 AM
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ouch!!! flashback for me, i did this too , but on my ‘69 AH Sprite ! bent the cowl under the glass frame and tore loose the hood hinge supports under the hood too! what a mess! sucks, looks like it’s fixable for you though.
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post Mar 21 2021, 08:15 AM
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Uggh!! Sorry that happened. Frustrating. I know you’ll make it right and proper again.
It’s coming along so nicely.
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post Mar 21 2021, 08:23 AM
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No doubt a bad day
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post Mar 21 2021, 08:27 AM
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So sorry to see this, I worry about things like this as I get close to finishing my restoration.
Grieve and then get to fixing it!

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post Mar 21 2021, 09:47 AM
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I know the exact feeling, the surprise of the hood coming up, then the relief that you stopped safely, followed by the grief of inspecting the damage.
On my first 914 an ex-girlfriend left a beach towel over the hood latch when she closed the hood. Same thing happened at about 40 mph.
Hope you get it fixed soon, it's a great looking car
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post Mar 21 2021, 09:59 AM
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Great looking car! Looks like a few days of bodywork and it will be back (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) in amazing shape!
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post Mar 21 2021, 10:03 AM
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It hard to look at even over the internet. I know most of us have forgotten to do something and suffered the results. I’d prime the metal and finish sorting the car before you paint it just in case there’s another accident.
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post Mar 21 2021, 11:15 AM
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Good time to leave it for a bit, drive the heck out of it to work out any other bugs, it’ll be a good reminder, then when you have it dialed in get it fixed along with any other blemishes bothering you.

Sorry to see, glad your ok!
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post Mar 21 2021, 11:47 AM
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post Mar 21 2021, 12:07 PM
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I know someone that had the hood pop on a 1967 MGB.. It was a beautiful car.
Hood popped up on the highway, flew back, ripped Through the convertible top
and hit him on the head, to the tune of 10 stitches.
2 months later, after repairs, the hood popped again when a big truck passed.
Another new hood and roof and 10 more stitches.
That time hood pins installed. Never happened again.
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post Mar 21 2021, 01:01 PM
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Heart breaker, such a drag. You're ok, and it's just time, sheet metal and paint. Hey, and you've made your sacrifice to the god of motion. One less thing
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post Mar 21 2021, 01:12 PM
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I did that when I lived in Naperville and my hood still hangs on a wall in a body shop in Chicagoland. That was the last time I forgot to latch the hoodpins!!!
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post Mar 21 2021, 01:53 PM
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Put the hood pins on the driver's seat. Or stick them in the spoke holes on a AM wheel.
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post Mar 21 2021, 02:00 PM
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Argh. Sorry to see these pics, but glad you and the car are okay.

We all do stuff like this, and I just try to think about how much worse it could have been when I do stupid stuff that results in damage. And as others have said, it can definitely be fixed.
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