Tilt forward doghouse.?

On my 65 c10 it has a tilt forward front end it has the latch moved to the center of the rear of the hood it holds it shut just fine but it shakes a lot when I hit bumps like it needs some thing securing it on the sides also, other than changing the front end back to normal. Anyone else had this issue? Any ideas how to secure it better?

 

Should be rubber bumpers on the corners.
Adjust the weight of the bumpers, to reduce the shake.

 

Tried that helped some but still shakes!

 

I wanna see pictures of your setup, latches and hinges!!

 

I'll see if I can make this make sense.

I don't know for sure where your fenders seperate (cut at an angle or if the fenders are uncut) but I have seen cone shaped rubber bumpers (think pinion subber) that fit in a socket used to align and secure tilt fronts. Cant give a specific car but I know I have seen this used. One mounted on each side, low, between the fender and cowl.

 

Will get some here in a few!

 

also how you dealt with the cowl corners at the fender

 

On a conventional hood, there is apair of hinges, latch, a spring, and rubber bumpers front and side.
If those components were moved to the rear, every thing should remain the same.

If its moving side to side your hinge may be contributing , or side bumpers.
If its bouncing up& down, the spring isn't strong enough or the bumpers aren't enough.

 

No spring anywhere basically 2 pivot points in the front down low,and latch in the rear, with the corner bumpers and the pins that help line everything up, I feel like a spring or something to hold tension would help?

 

I built a '48 Chevy sedan delivery 30 or so years ago with a tilt nose operated by convertible hyd. cylinders. I used a pair of plated suitcase style latches underneath the rear corners of the fenders to pull them in tight against a guide that also kept the fenders from rubbing other parts on the way up or down. The hyd. system snugged the hood against the cowl gasket.

Worked great.

Charlie

 

Ditto!

 

I can't remember the last hood I opened that didn't have a spring on the core support or on the nose of the hood. They hold tension on the latch against gravity & stop the bouncing

 

Think "tilt nose"..Corner bumpers need more resposibility, adjust them higher..Some vehicles the frame is built to flex with a spring loaded central core support so you may not be able to get all the shake out with a pivot on both sides of the frame..

 

I used a pair of "cones" built into the firewall, and tapered pins on the lower fenders. To latch it, I have a pair of Cadillac trunk closers and latches at the back corners of the hood. I'd recommend going to twin latches of some sort, regardless.