Z Loc
I hope you got the 7' one. 6' is too short. 1st thing, throw away the bracket they sent. (If you have the 6', see if they will exchange it for the 7'. They did for me.) We started using the old Chapman locks back around 1989. The Z Loc is a continuation of those and are about the easiest way to secure an old Mustang. We drilled into the hood latch support and into the hood latch itself. It will take some engineering to center the hole, but it isn't that hard. The object is to have the pin engage into the hood latch itself and there's NO WAY to open the hood once it's locked. With their bracket and the short screws, the hood can be ripped open if pulled hard enough. With the coil grounded and the hood locked, the only way to steal it is to tow it. Here's pics of my hood latch system. (ignore the other 2 holes on the latch support!) You will also have to measure (eye-ball) the pin and cut part of it off, as it's too long. Once you have the hole centered, you can insert the cable and see just how long the pin needs to be to fit into the hole. You'll want it right at the edge of the latch when disengaged and aimed at the hole. When you push in the lock, it'll slip into the hole and lock. We then beveled the edges of the pin to more easily slip into the hole. The cable routes around, under the export brace, and along the top of the radiator. My Chapman lasted about 25 years before it finally broke. The Z Loc seems to be the same quality as the Chapman. We did dozens of these and they were the least expensive & most effective we had come across. I have a plug to where I can unplug the coil wire and just lock the hood when I'm driving. There's no way it will ever fly up if locked. Let me know if I can be of any more help on this.
I hope you got the 7' one. 6' is too short. 1st thing, throw away the bracket they sent. (If you have the 6', see if they will exchange it for the 7'. They did for me.) We started using the old Chapman locks back around 1989. The Z Loc is a continuation of those and are about the easiest way to secure an old Mustang. We drilled into the hood latch support and into the hood latch itself. It will take some engineering to center the hole, but it isn't that hard. The object is to have the pin engage into the hood latch itself and there's NO WAY to open the hood once it's locked. With their bracket and the short screws, the hood can be ripped open if pulled hard enough. With the coil grounded and the hood locked, the only way to steal it is to tow it. Here's pics of my hood latch system. (ignore the other 2 holes on the latch support!) You will also have to measure (eye-ball) the pin and cut part of it off, as it's too long. Once you have the hole centered, you can insert the cable and see just how long the pin needs to be to fit into the hole. You'll want it right at the edge of the latch when disengaged and aimed at the hole. When you push in the lock, it'll slip into the hole and lock. We then beveled the edges of the pin to more easily slip into the hole. The cable routes around, under the export brace, and along the top of the radiator. My Chapman lasted about 25 years before it finally broke. The Z Loc seems to be the same quality as the Chapman. We did dozens of these and they were the least expensive & most effective we had come across. I have a plug to where I can unplug the coil wire and just lock the hood when I'm driving. There's no way it will ever fly up if locked. Let me know if I can be of any more help on this.
