Bob Drake Catalog

Sometimes these hood latch plates are missing or badly damaged and we are often asked

about them at swap meets and car shows. We hope the following is helpful.

The early ’39 is the easiest to spot as it has the rod system that rotates. The matching upper grille brace

has a large tower on each end that these rods wrap around. The early ’39 also uses a different safety catch

release. The late ’39, like the ’40s, uses a large cast hook in the middle of the hood brace that rotates into

it’s matching upper grille brace. The ’40 Standard and Pickup are different from the ’40 Deluxe because

the hood shapes are different.

The ’41 Pickup and Sedan Delivery brace is a can of worms as Ford offered the V-8 as well as a brand new

6 cylinder engine plus the 4 cylinder tractor engine was also available. You’re on your own with this one.

These are not available at this time, but ya just never know.....we might make them.

1941 Pickup

11C-16774-B

What’s Under Your Hood?

See

• Hood Linkage page 72


• Hood Latch Spring page 72


• Hood Safety Catches page 73

1939 Deluxe

Hood Safety Catches

Not yet available

Both were made of cast steel. A typical example of

how Ford made mid-year changes to certain parts.

Some changes were made for safety improvement

reasons, others were made to cut production costs.

Late-Year Style

1939 Early

91A-16774-A

1939 Late

91A-16774-B

1940 Standard

1940 Pickup

1941 Sedan Delivery

(First 720 Unit)

01A-16774-A

1940 Deluxe

01A-16774-B

Early-Year Style

800-221-FORD (3673)

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