What is this for?

[nbkk43f]

Just curious, what purpose does this serve? They appear to go into a recess on the underside of the hood, and are adjustable (vertically). I'm assuming they're some sort of bump stop for the rear of the hood, but metal on exterior metal doesn't seem like a good idea.

Thanks in advance!

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[DrvnDrvr]

IIRC they are to keep the hood from going through the windshield in case of a front end collision.
Hood should catch them and bend in the middle.

 

[nbkk43f]

Ah, interesting, makes sense - thanks DrvnDrvr!

 

[SquareRoot]

@Keith Seymore ?

 

[Keith Seymore]

IIRC they are to keep the hood from going through the windshield in case of a front end collision.
Hood should catch them and bend in the middle.

This is correct -

K

 

[DrvnDrvr]

Engineered into the middle of the underside of the hood structure is an indentation where the hood will bend.

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[Ricko1966]

Engineered into the middle of the underside of the hood structure is an indentation where the hood will bend.

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And just for fun it will bend there just from not keeping the hood hinges cleaned and lubricated

 

[sidschev]

And just for fun it will bend there just from not keeping the hood hinges cleaned and lubricated

yup piss poor design for sure

 

[Ricko1966]

yup piss poor design for sure

Not piss poor at all,it saved people from serious injuries or death. What's piss poor is people think they can buy a car and not maintain it,and it should last forever and if anything fails its the engineers fault because, no one should be expected to do things to maintain their vehicles..

 

[sidschev]

ill say it again piss poor design............. failed hoods every where...... you could say all that crap with there fuel tanks tooo .................look at what happens FIRE burn baby burn.

 

[Ricko1966]

Yep safety in a what if situation wasn't near as big of a thought process 50 years ago heck until the late 60s if you lost hydraulic pressure to one braking component you lost ALL brakes period. Fixed in 1967 with mandatory dual circuit master cylinders, standard seat belts came not long after that,so someone designing a collapsible hood 50 years ago I commend them. Failed hoods everywhere? That means people everywhere don't maintain their hood hinges As for fires they met the standards for the time the were produced,and they certainly werent the worst of the bunch for fires.. And no one will believe the shocked look on my face when I found out 1973 TV models didn't play dvd's and weren't cable ready. Think about this,collapsible hoods on point fired trucks,I think that's incredible.

 

[Rusty Nail]

For shame!