My girlfriend’s hood flew off while driving last night, hit the windshield (didn’t damage it), then flew off into a wooded area off the road. She was unable to locate the hood. Our schedules are fairly busy, so trying to go to a junk yard to find a replacement (that would be the cheapest route, I su…

I dunno, usually just the weight of the hood is enough to engage the safety catch. I mean you’d really have to work at it to bring the hood down soft enough to not engage the first latch. I’m voting for a complete failure of the latch (like the spring broke) or the whatchamacallit on the hood itse…

It seems like it would be difficult to completely loose the hood. I mean it is so big. But I guess it must be possible, simply b/c that’s what happened here. I’d be inclined to maybe go back and look around in the area where it happened, before trying to find another hood. If you can find it, t…

No @GeorgeSanJose. He should use www.car-part.com to find a used hood at a salvage yard (at least fairly) close to him. He can drive the hoodless car there and put it on. Don’t buy one unless it’s a color match. The same aged car is fairly likely to have faded at approximately the same rate. P…

If it is possible to find the same color hood in good condition in the same model year, yes, that would work.

Thanks so much everyone. It turns out, some of the guys who work on the farm she works at went on a rescue mission, and apparently they found it in some field close to where it flew off. Pretty dinged up, but I actually think it may have already been a slightly different color than the rest of the c…

It’s probably better for her it did tear loose. One of my friends had a hood open up on the expressway years ago and it folded up over the windshield, blocking his view entirely. Not fun when you’re going 65 in traffic. Of course, if it had not flown off to the side, it might have ruined someone els…

In 1963, I was driving a Ford Straight truck, a big one with a metal box, heavily loaded with shell corn, on a gravel road. The hood, probably due to body twisting on the rough road, flew back against the windshield. However, it did not “block my view entirely”. You see, I could see out my side win…

“The tarp idea only applies when parked.” Reminds me of the warnings on those windshield sun screens: “Remove before driving”. Makes the assumption that someone dumb enough to drive with cardboard covering the windshield, that they can or are willing to READ.

It fine and road warrior/mad max is back in vogue. Your may have local laws though but doubtful .

Car hood flew off while driving, safe to keep engine uncovered?

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The tarp idea only applies when parked. It would be a fire hazard and could interfere with the fan when driving. And it could come off and block the windshield. I wouldn’t use it, anyway. And there’s going to be a lot to repair I’d think, not just a bolt it on situation.

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Car hood flew off while driving, safe to keep engine uncovered?

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