Getting Rid of the Hood Torsion Springs on the Early A-Body

I wanted to ditch the hood torsion springs and go to later A body hood springs. Thanks to this great site I found this thread. Dave did a great job of writing it up and taking pictures. I copied most of his ideas and changed it up just a little.

Instead of using the channel to mount the pivot bolt on, we put it to a piece of steel and welded it to the inside of the kick panel. It’s just a cleaner look.

We welded a bolt with a thin round head on the inside of where the hinge connects to the spring bracket.

We trimmed off the C on the bottom of the hinge where the torsion bar connected to it.

The last thing is on top of where the fenders bolt, there is a backward C looking piece that the torsion bars go thru, we trimmed those off for a nicer look.

Thanks Dave for doing such a good job documenting this, it gave me the confidence to do it.

Thanks Mr. T.V. Tom for the help!