I was working from the bottom, and didn't see that you had two threads, answered on the other one.   Copied and pasted from the other post.   "I have repaired several similar era hood hold-downs. Some of them are very easy to take apart. Something, on one end or the other simply unscrews. Others not so easy. One had two small screws that pinned the pieces together, broken. Had to get creative after drilling them out. Some have the bottom end of the top handle crimped whe