Description
Buy all three, the pair of anti-kink hood stiffeners, set of four (4) hood springs and the hood seal plus adhesive.
The kit is kind of a hood clean up , The old springs are getting soft, many cars have lost the hood seal (this helps with height adjustment and engine odors getting inside the car) and anti kinks give the hood more strength in a kink prone area.
Freshly re-designed to give greater strength to a notoriously kink prone area on all '53-'64 Coupes and Hawks and some '53-'58 sedan types. Our new design is properly shaped to your hood edge contour and will reinforce the kink prone areas for a length of 23 inches. Preferred attachment is via plug welds along the outside hood lip. Pop-rivets, automotive adhesive or a combination of both is sometime used by some installers. Remember that it is always a wise precaution to install our anti-kinks whenever doing a restoration or a paint job. Installation instructions will be included with your purchase.
At least one half of a century has gone by since your original hood springs were new. It is pretty well guaranteed that they may be somewhat weakened by now. A change and update may well be in order!
The cowl and hood seal is often missing from most Studebaker CK Types. The seal serves a number of purposes that include keeping engine fumes off your windshield and reducing engine noise. The seal also cuts down on squeeks and rattles and maintains proper body gap and hood height between the hood and cowl. A tube of adhesive will be included with your purchase.
A HOOD KINK PREVENTATIVE CAUTION
Remember that it is always best that you personally open or close your own hood. Always pull the hood toward you when opening and push away from you when closing. Use sufficient force to make it work as smoothly as possible. Make sure that your pivot points are occasionally oiled and that your hood springs are in proper shape.
Fits the 53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64/1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964
Studebaker C/K Coupe & Hawk.
Made in the USA.
Parts are made to order 2-3 weeks delivery time. These are specialty panels that are very difficult to find.