Fun projects hood shelf springs- who carries now?

[Bmettli]

Hi all,

Funprojects used to carry CORRECT hood springs but since they are gone, I did not see them on birdhaven or others. Or has anybody found a part substitute readily available to order that works better than the standard supplier ones? Thanks

[Will_Vanderburg]

The only way to know if they have them is to call them. Their catalog, which I have, does not identify products that were formerly made by others

[Allan]

My 14 year old son made a compressor to fit the ridiculously stiff springs offered by the vendors at the time. These put way too much load on an aluminium hood, so I replaced them with much lighter gauge ones from a hardware shop assortment. They are still in use after decades.

Allan from down under.

[CudaMan]

I second Allan's recommendation. The stock hood hold down springs on my 1912 Flanders were even stiffer than the Model T springs, so I replaced them with some weaker springs from the hardware store, they work great.

[Bmettli]

Yes, I got replacement 2 inch spring from Menards today for around $1 each. Much better