Pinto Car Club of America

I had to put a new hood prop rod on my 77CW.  Well, I went to put it down and latch it in place but there is no where for it to latch!!  :hypno:  I went out and looked at my 77 standard wagon and it's latch is actually part of the metal that the hood bumper (little round thing that adjusts) screws into. I looked at the CW again and it doesn't look like the latch broke off. The metal looks nice and round and smooth.

So the question is, does the CW have a different hood prop rod latch then the standard wagon and if it does, what does it look like??

Thanks

On my 78 I have a little plastic clip.  Here are a couple pics. Mine was missing when I got the car.  The square hole on the radiator support is where it goes.  If you have the hole you can pick the clips up on ebay.  I believe you can get it and the rod pivit clip for under 10 bucks plus shipping.

http://www.sscenterprises.net (http://www.sscenterprises.net)

SSC Enterprises also carries some select parts for the Pinto under the Pinto parts section as mentioned before. I thought they had these clips and checked and it shows they still do, along with some other handy parts. $3 for radiator support clip, $5 for rod pivot clip...not sure about shipping didn't check that far.

Hope this helped  :)

   -beegle55