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Thread: 1st gen hood latch swap ??
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05-12-2010 #1
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1st gen hood latch swap ??
Can you swap out the "complete" hoodlatch setup between a 1st gen Camaro and a Firebird??? And by complete I mean from the latch setup in the hood to the latch that attaches to the core support. There are a lot of nice "dresss-up" latches available for the Camaro but not our 'Birds. So I was curious if anyone had ever trans planted a Camaro latch system to a 'Bird before and how easy/difficult it might be.
67 Firebird Convert 455 +.060 Johnny Winters TH400 74cc KRE d-port flowed @ 310 cfm heads piston dished 16cc H-beam rods Comp Cam 305-AH-8 cam 108* LSA 253/260 @.050 duration .577/.594 lift w/1.65 rockers Ford 9" 3.55 Detroit Locker M/T Sportsman Radials 31x18x15 on Convo Pro 15x15s
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I doubt it. They are quite different.
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Sounds like it would be a whole lot of work, I think you would have better luck fabing up something unique new and different then transplanting the Camaro unit.
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have you searched for one with no luck? I think it is Sorensons Pontiac and Restorations that would know where to get one or would have one.
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x2. I bought a camaro unit from ebay thinking that they're the same. Turns out they're very different.
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They are very different. I'm heading by Screaming Performance Friday to look at their door panels. I'll take a closer look at the latch on a cpl of their Camaros and see how it looks. Take a few measurements and pics. Never know. May also give me some ideas for an alternative latch.
67 Firebird Convert 455 +.060 Johnny Winters TH400 74cc KRE d-port flowed @ 310 cfm heads piston dished 16cc H-beam rods Comp Cam 305-AH-8 cam 108* LSA 253/260 @.050 duration .577/.594 lift w/1.65 rockers Ford 9" 3.55 Detroit Locker M/T Sportsman Radials 31x18x15 on Convo Pro 15x15s
Honest dad that 455 on the side of the block is a serial number
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