jcmiller Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 The hood hinges on my '46 NYer appear to be attached to the hood with rivets rather than bolts. Is there a trick to separating the hood from the hinge? I've got a broken hinge and was hoping to remove it while leaving the hood on the car. Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c49er Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 The hinges on all 1946-8 chryslers are factory bolted to the hood 1/2" and 7/16" hex bolts are used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmiller Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Thanks Bob. I guess I wasn't looking far enough afield. I didn't realize that the plate between the hinge and the hood needed to come out. Here's a pic of the plate and where the broken rivet it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c49er Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Yep thats the rivit that breaks on these 1946-8 chrysler hood hinges.You have to either replace that hinge or Find a exact duplicate rivit for a hood hinge... Restoration supply ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrytravler Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) We have the hood hinge from a 48 Chry for sale if needed. Edited May 26, 2015 by countrytravler (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmiller Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Luckily the rivet fell on the ground the first time I opened the hood so I have a model. It looks like they are called "shoulder" rivets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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