it flew up today so now i need to drive without a hood until i can get to a wrecking yard. unfortunately thats going to be a while since the closest one is fifty miles away and there are a few things i need to grab so i cant just take the maro. ill have to borrow either a friend's car or one of my parents car

 

You can get a ticket for driving around without a hood... How did it fly up, was it not properly latched?

 

Usually with a fiber glass hood, it's a good idea to use hood pins.

 

Not every town will give a ticket for driving without a hood. Thats a local law, not federal.
My Harwood had done over 100mph a few times and stayed on with no pins. It was the accident that made the skin pop off!

 

Harwood makes good quality stuff, I'm going to get my cowl hood from them eventually.

 

it was just a weak design. it was a homemade hood and was extremely flimsy and it didnt line up right. my guess is just that though. it didnt latch right. as a temporary solution im going to do hood pins on all four corners and then eventually when i get to the junkyard to get the fender and door i need ill just grap a stock steel hood like i wanted in the first place. then i found a website that sells steel cowl induction hoods and thats what i will get. i dont like fiberglass. yeah its light but in my opinion its too flimsy. and i dont like the look of hoodpins so yeah.