Opinions about Billet hood hinges

[65coupei6]

Finally snapped pics of the hinges I have. Sorry, crappy pics. I used my camera phone. But, you can see how wide the hood opens now.

 

[RyanG85]

Finally snapped pics of the hinges I have. Sorry, crappy pics. I used my camera phone. But, you can see how wide the hood opens now.

You have the Jullians hinges. I just saw these this past weekend on a 65 at a car show. Some better pics....

They list for over $500 on their website. The owner of this car said the pop up on ebay from time to time for less than half that....

 

[Horseplay]

Here are some hinges on Ebay that open much wider than the ring brothers do. There is a pretty good picture of them installed.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Billet-Hood-Hinge-Mustang-Shelby-Eleanor-1967-1968_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem33583c2b2cQQitemZ220523670316QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

These are plain billet pieces. Not polished. You can see all the machining marks. In time, these will not be very pretty and difficult to clean. Most of the nicer pieces are polished and worth the extra bucks (although these carry a polished price tag).

I've also seen some that are made out of stock that is on the thin side or with decorative machining that would appear to make some of the stress points weaker. It's not surprising given the price people are willing to pay for billet items that there would be people trying to crank things out cheaply to grab a piece of the action. Just do your homework.

 

[M66Stang]

I too have the Julian's hinges on my '66 and they do open up exteremly far. I got them about a year ago on Ebay for about half the retail listing price.

Mark

 

[ClassicRecreations]

Wore out the bushing? I hate to ask but are you sure they were adjusted properly?

I really dont know. The hood looked ood and fit right. Didnt feel like it was in a bind. Who knows probably the fiberglass hood we used.