What are those little things on the hood of custom cars?
Well I was watching this show on tv where they make junk cars into custom show cars and on the hood are these little circles with strings or wires going into the engine. I was just curious to find out what these are? Can anyone help?
They’re called hood hold down pins. They’re mostly for show on the street. On race cars, they hold the hood closed at high speeds and allow quick opening of the hood even after front end damage occurs.
yeah it’s where you hang to washing out to dry when your a bit pushed
It sounds like you are describing hood pins – the pins attach to the radiator support and go through the hood where small clevis or circle retaining pins are inserted through the hood pins to assure that the hood cannot be opened unless the retaining pins are removed.
On race cars they are used to hold down the hood and allow quick removal of hood in the pits.
On street cars they are called hood ornaments.