[Vwdiesel] Hood Pins was hood latch difficulties

[Roger Brown]

decker at toledotel.com wrote:
> Hi Sandy;
>     You are right hood pins will cure the hood latch problem. I have a set
> on a 1979 Scirocco. I didn't put them on, they were on there when I got it
> and to me they are too much bother. I don't dislike them enough to take them
> off but I wouldn't put them on another A!. The thing I do with my Rabbit
> pickups is take the striker plate from an 80 or earlier Rabbit that opens
> from the front of the car. Just a little lever sticks through the grill. No
> cable to stretch or break and it seems to work every time.
> 
> Brian Decker

I had some hood pins on my old '78 Rabbit.  They were a locking type and as I recall you 
used one of those round keys to lock them (if desired) and there were no loose pins to 
mess with.  Worked quite well.  My main reason for using them was to keep folks from 
popping the hood to hot wire the car.  I had a relay wired up under the hood to kill power 
and a key inside to turn that on and off.  But figured if you could pop the hood, it was 
trivial to bypass that relay and make off with the car.

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   Roger