hood hinge interchange?

[bbscamp]

Is a 70 chally hood hinge  the same as a 73 Barracuda?     I need to recondition my 70s, but I also have a 73 Plymouth set.   I was hoping I could just recondition the 73s and swap them onto the 70.

thanks

[HP2]

Yes, all E body hinges will swap with other E bodies, however, they wil not interchange with any other body styles.

[MEK-Dangerfield]

I thought 70 hinges were different than the later years.  I'm not saying they won't swap, but I didn't think all E-Body hinges were the same for all years.



   Mike

[moparclown]

They will fit but 70 is a bit different.

[MEK-Dangerfield]

They will fit but 70 is a bit different.

Thanks for confirming I'm not insane.   


   Mike   

[ksierens]

Actually there were three different styles of hinges.  You can go to the SMS Restorations web site where they show them, though I agree, I think you can interchange them.

http://www.smsmopar.com/public/produits.asp?cat=1&subcat=4

[bbscamp]

Thanks for the link. I'll be darn if I can tell the diff. between them by looking!  changes must be minor.  I guess I'll have to pick up my 70s and redo them before painting.

[RUSTY Cuda]

Springs might be different, got an ebay set of hinges & went to use one, after alignment problems I had the springs off, layed them next to each other & the ebay set was thicker by a tad & had two more coils, now they were sold as ebody(but that's not set in stone) I assumed they were challenger because of the longer hood? Rich.

[ksierens]

I went to a local guy by we to get a different set of springs and had a hard time matching what I had to the other e body ones he had, and he had quite a few.  I think they just used what ever supplier was available.

Side note - Don't get your springs chemically dipped.  I did and since part of the process is to bake then in an oven, they runined them.  Won't even hold the hood up now.

[farmboy70]

If I remember correctly the gearing is different between years. But will work.
Dave

[426HEMI]

the way they stamp the steel is different.  just a little difference in the shape is all there is but for someone that knows then they can tell that they have been changed.

[CHUCKS71]

I saw a trick somewhere on how to paint the springs they used a old bumper jack to stretch open the spring so they could paint it.It sounded good to me.

[vinb]

Painting hood springs, a piece of 2x4 and two nuts & bolts, can't get no cheaper than that....