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I am wanting to install a set of billet adjustable hood hinges on my 68 442. Will they fit my car, I've heard the 68 442 had year specific hood hinges. Here is what I would like to install and also a pic of the inside of my fender
If your car is the green one and you currently have 69-72 hinges on your car (the hinges in your pic are not 68 hinges) then the repro ones will work. If not, they will not, at least not without a lot of modifications
FWIW the bolt spacing on the hood side won't match either (it's close but not the same) but if your current hinge fits the repro's likely will too
The fact that they are $725 and you're getting no benefit kind of makes it confusing to me on why you even want them. The stock 69-72 hinges are plentiful, cheap, and easy to adjust
Last edited by allyolds68; January 23rd, 2023 at 12:01 PM.
rjh45 - I can't comment on if they will fit or not but those hinges look great. I would try contacting the seller and see if they would work with you. You might be able to send them an original hinge and they might be able to modify their CNC program to cut you one, just a thought. If the rest of the geometry works out other than the mounting holes, maybe have an adapter plate made?
Your driver side fender also appears to be a factory replacement, designed to accommodate either the '68 or the '69 hood hinge. An original '68 fender would only be capable of handling the 2-bolt '68 hood hinge using the most forward and most aft threaded holes in the hood. Check to make sure your passenger side fender is configured the same for either hood hinge.
January 23rd, 2023, 09:45 AM
