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Old 05-15-2019, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by cycleguy55 View Post
I went for a brief drive today and realized shortly before hitting the highway that the hood wasn't latched. As an experiment I continued on. ~75 MPH and the hood stayed down - not even a wiggle.

If there was any pressure building up under there it would have lifted.
When we raced an Austin Healey 100-4 (a similar shape to the Cobra) without a full windshield, we used loose leather belts at the rear. At speed, the rear would come up a couple of inches. The difference is that, with a windshield, high pressure extends forward enough to keep the hood down.
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