600 hood

[tynall44]

does anybody have any pics of how the hood bolts on the f-600 i think the bolt to the firwall but i wonder how the inner fenders mount up

[FORDification]

I've got a few that someone just sent me....sorry I haven't answered your PM's about this, things have been pretty busy. I was in fact planning on digging out those pics tonight for you. I'll post 'em as soon as I can find 'em.

[FORDification]

Found the pics. As mentioned above, these pics of a '72 F600 were sent to me by a forum member, who also said "...the truck is used for an arts camp for kids, they painted it so the wierd painting in the background." (You'll understand once you view them.)

http://www.fordification.com/board/1972 ... od001r.jpg
http://www.fordification.com/board/1972 ... od002r.jpg
http://www.fordification.com/board/1972 ... od003r.jpg
http://www.fordification.com/board/1972 ... od004r.jpg
http://www.fordification.com/board/1972 ... od005r.jpg
http://www.fordification.com/board/1972 ... od006r.jpg
http://www.fordification.com/board/1972 ... od007r.jpg
http://www.fordification.com/board/1972 ... od008r.jpg

Going by these pictures, I'm having my doubts on whether an F600 hood will work. First of all, the latch is completely different. The mechanism is on the radiator support instead of being mounted up in the hood like our light-duty trucks have. The hood hinges are bolted straight to the firewall in places where our trucks don't have threaded holes or mounting bosses, though anything can be made to fit with a welder and/or drill.

Also, the inner fenders mount much lower, and at a minimum new holes would have to be drilled in the firewall area. I don't know how they attach to the radiator support.

[dcbullet]

Oh my goodness that truck has seen better days.

[71 LONG BED]

Hey Keith, I suggested to marz68 a while ago, to use the F600 hinges on his slammed '68. I wasn't sure but the one I saw seemed to bolt up to where the inner fenders would bolt up to on an F100. If the original hood and latch were used, wouldn't the hinges bolt up to the cab? I know that marz68 has no inner fenders because of tire clearance problems. That is why I thought the F600 hinges might work for him, since he has open holes on the firewall where the inners would have connected. Of course I never took any measurements though. They may look like they line up, but maybe they don't. I wish I grabbed them when I had the chance.