65 Cuda, how to open the hood?

So far, no luck getting the hood open. I pushed on the latch, no dice. I sat my fat *** on the hood, and worked the latch. Nothing doing. I tried (gently) tapping on the latch with a drift and hammer and again no movement.

Can someone shoot me a photo of their car showing a close-up of the latch mechanism on the hood, and also where it hooks to on the car? If I can see how the latch is set up maybe I can figure out how to help the latch let go. I am continuing to soak it in penetrant, hopefully it's just crapped up.

As far as parting it out, that project will take a while to get going. I have WAY too many irons in the fire at the moment so the Cuda will go under a tarp until I get time to disassemble it.

If you are parting the car, how is the Fresh Air Door located on the Drivers Side near the kick panel? About 4"x6" rectangular. My car is missing the door and frame, so I am interested.....

The driver side air box is gone.

How’s the rear bumper?

Decent. I think there's one fixable bend in the lower license plate area. I will post a "parting out" thread when I get going on this project.