67 Camaro Hood Spring

Feeling guilty about not getting to the garage yesterday, I woke up and immediately remembered the hood would not stay up on the Camaro. Why was that? Hinges look great, springs are new....let's go to Google. There it was, the answer. Apparently the stock hood used a spring with 26 coils, the SS hood required two additional coils for the added weight. I spoke to Michael, and he told me what he had done when restoring the car. I checked with my usual parts supplier, he had only the 26 coil spring, but I did find the correct ones at Rick's Camaro. I placed the order, and found the easiest way to pull the hood springs off here. I have a nice cable with a loop on the end that works perfectly. The plan is to pull off the old springs, paint the hinges, and install the new springs without scratching ANYTHING. Zach and I spent some time this afternoon washing and vacuuming the cars, they all needed it. Then my friend Kelly stopped by and we pulled the 2,000 lbs tree stump to the curb with her bad-ass Jeep and winch. It was awesome! We got to get another Jeep again.