****Concept Idea****

[matthon]

How about pull the lever and it sends 12 volts up your arm.

 

[RustyRatRod]

With this type of thinking what is the point of windows and rolling them up?

Might as well be driving a Jeep with a cloth top - _ -

Keeps the rain out. Windows are not a theft deterrent.

 

[SRT_DSTRHOLC]

Keeps the rain out. Windows are not a theft deterrent.

I thought that's what the roof was for

 

[RustyRatRod]

I thought........

Maybe you should stop. lol

 

[SRT_DSTRHOLC]

Maybe you should stop. lol

Don't serve it up ; )

 

[mopar head]

They not only let us drive. They let us tear up the streets

You or your son driving? be honest lol

 

[RedFish]

"Old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to make" There's a country song there somewhere.

That's what Hank Jr said.

 

[Kern Dog]

73 up A-Bodies had the internal hood latch release available.

My 73 is external just like the older models

MY 73 does not.

Yours didn't but others did. It was available but not standard on every model. I've parted out several that had the inside hood release. I have a few latches and cables here but have seen no need to install them. I have a 75 Power Wagon that was built with one too.
My point before was that this topic was started as if you came up with an idea to do something that (whether you knew it or not) has been done well over 50 years ago.

Did you post about what you did for your trunk or just told someone in the passing that you did it?

Yeah, maybe back in 2008 or so when I first did it. I used a stock latch and welded a tab to the lever, then attached a cable from a Subaru station wagon. Stuff like this simple if you have some imagination.

 

[RustyRatRod]

That's what Hank Jr said.

Yup. The first part anyway.

 

[toolmanmike]

I would look around for an M body like a 5th Avenue or Diplomat. They all had them and the hood and trunk latches all bolted in like the old cars did.

 

[Oldmanmopar]

You or your son driving? be honest lol

My son don't have gray hair.

 

[str12-340]

I wouldn't want it electric/battery powered. Battery dies=you can't get in

yeah, even my 2016 Dart has an electric trunk latch, but a cable pull hood release for just this reason

 

[DionR]

Guess where the battery is in a late model Challenger. Now guess what kind of trunk latch it has. And I don’t even remember a key cylinder.

 

[mopar head]

My son don't have gray hair.

Then your not that old

 

[SRT_DSTRHOLC]

Yours didn't but others did. It was available but not standard on every model. I've parted out several that had the inside hood release. I have a few latches and cables here but have seen no need to install them. I have a 75 Power Wagon that was built with one too.
My point before was that this topic was started as if you came up with an idea to do something that (whether you knew it or not) has been done well over 50 years ago.


Yeah, maybe back in 2008 or so when I first did it. I used a stock latch and welded a tab to the lever, then attached a cable from a Subaru station wagon. Stuff like this simple if you have some imagination.

thanks for having one for me

 

[Oldmanmopar]

Then your not that old

No , I am only 70.

 

[mopar head]

No , I am only 70.

Y`all had that kid late in life then, I have to remind myself we had our oldest when I was 21

 

[1WildRT]

Y`all had that kid late in life then, I have to remind myself we had our oldest when I was 21

That really depends on genetics... I didn't develop any gray hair till I was well into my 50's.... Thinning, yes... Gray... No!!

On the other hand, I have friends that were turning gray just outta high school...

 

[Dartman1969]

My 69 has a 70 inside hood release handle and 70 hood latch. There was no way to connect the cable to the 69 latch.

~Michael

 

[RustyRatRod]

That really depends on genetics... I didn't develop any gray hair till I was well into my 50's.... Thinning, yes... Gray... No!!

On the other hand, I have friends that were turning gray just outta high school...

I'm a redhead, so mine is skippin all that grey crap and going straight to white. lol My beard is already all white.

 

[Kern Dog]

My 69 has a 70 inside hood release handle and 70 hood latch. There was no way to connect the cable to the 69 latch.

~Michael

Yeah, there is.

 

[Dartman1969]

Yeah, there is.

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True! It was easier to just bolt the 70 hood latch in.

~Michael

 

[harrisonm]

I always thought an inside hood latch was worthless, since you have to get out anyway to operate the secondary latch and then raise the hood. It doesn't slow thieves down, since all they gotta do is break a window to get in. So it's just fluff. Come up with something where you can pull a lever or mash a button from inside the car and the hood raises all by itself and you got something. This is a lazy world. You cash in on THAT and you could be rich.

There is little that will stop a dedicated and talented thief.

 

[Dartnut]

Back in the early '80s a friend of mine and his brother built a '73 Duster with a pretty rank '69 340 and a 4 speed.
They got tired of people opening the hood to look at the engine or to try to steal things off of it or to try and steal the battery.
They came up with the plan to use a trunk lock on the front and remove the latch.
Then they used a skinny long blade screwdriver to open the hood.
Nobody caught on to their new trick.
They were pretty smug about their idea and challenged me to open the hood.
So I looked at he new latch then reached behind the seat of my car and brought out my universal Dodge trunk lock key for opening trunks without the lock in and without a skinny long screwdriver.
Yes, it was a Dodge wiper arm without the wiper blade on it.
They were amazed that I opened the hood in 10 seconds flat with it.
I should have bet them money!

And a lock only keeps an honest thief from breaking into something from what my Dad told me a long time ago...

 

[Oldmanmopar]

Y`all had that kid late in life then, I have to remind myself we had our oldest when I was 21

I was 30 for my first I have 3 four years apart