flyguy66 lol I know whats its like to have the latch give out at highway speed, it happened to me some years ago with an old ford I got the last miles out of. On the way home from work one morning on int 64, the hood came up blocked the wind shield, then, the hinges gave out and the hood went flying over the cab and landed in my rear view mirror sliding down the interstate, turned around and tyed it on with rope. thanks for the memories ..and glade you got a new one...