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Took the Shelby to Cars and Coffee saw this plate. Then left and went Kroger for the wife and found my twin except she was driven by a super hot 24 year old chick. She was getting out as I was parking. When I got out she said I was wondering why I heard my car.
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No pics of the 24 year old. SMH!!
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Fail I know. I asked her to lay across the hood or her car but she just laughed and thought I was joking. I figured if I told her I was serious she would have gone for her rape whistle. LOL
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Zombo
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Went for a quick drive. Messed around under the hood, checking things out. Adjusted the hood "stops".
Did we ever figure out what the purpose is of that lanyard tied to the hood vent?
Did we ever figure out what the purpose is of that lanyard tied to the hood vent?
Zombo
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Thanks, is that the consensus? Granted, I didn't take it apart, but based on my observation, the only way it could pop off and become a projectile, would be if the threaded stud broke off; in which case, the lanyard, which is secure to the stud, wouldn't do anything? I guess I'll have to take it apart and look more closely at it.
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Got to take out some friends today for a ride who are big mustang fans but knew nothing of the GT350. Was great to see their reactions and compliments on how "awesome this car is for a Mustang".
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SVTinAR
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I've wondered about that too. Wonder if anyone has ever had one come out on the track or something?
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I just took the nut off (9mm). I concur, the lanyard is there for the reason stated. The hole in the hood is an open end D-hole, so, with a loose nut (and no lanyard) the grill can fly off. With the lanyard (and loose nut) if it comes off, it will just rattle up against your hood (damaging the paint, perhaps).
This must have been an afterthought, based on one flying off during testing. If the hood just had a closed slotted hole, the lanyard would not be necessary at all. Hood tooling & production must have already been already in place.
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drove mine to the gym cause i have been so busy the poor thing had been sitting for a week, so much fun. checked driveway clearance too and i think i am safe for the ford performance springs
SVTinAR
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Sounds like that's the purpose then. The only other possibility I could think of was, is that during assembly it's lanyarded to the hood loose after paint, to be installed at some later point on the line. But I think a restraint is more likely in the event it comes out due to vibration or something. I don't think the grill is heavy enough to be a danger as a projectile.
Epiphany
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Zombo, the small pop-in grilles on the Mustang GT hood use a similar lanyard as well. I have a screenshot somewhere of someone tracking Hameedi down on his LinkedIn page and asking him what the lanyard was for. He stated the same reasons mentioned previously.
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