# How Do I open The Fronyt Hood On a 1970 Type 1 VW Beetle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-fronyt-hood-on-a-1970-type-1-vw-beetle/130167>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-fronyt-hood-on-a-1970-type-1-vw-beetle/130167 "2002-09-29T23:45:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hawthorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@Hawthorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawthorn)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-fronyt-hood-on-a-1970-type-1-vw-beetle/130167/1 "2002-09-29T23:45:37Z")

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Like The subject Line asks how do you get the dang thing open? for some reason the button isn’t engaging in the locking mechanism, thus the front hood won’t open anybody have any tricks or tips to get the darn thing open without totally destroying everything?:smack: 😕

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**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-fronyt-hood-on-a-1970-type-1-vw-beetle/130167/2 "2002-09-30T00:04:28Z")

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Is the button for the secondary release, with the primary release lever in the glovebox?

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**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-fronyt-hood-on-a-1970-type-1-vw-beetle/130167/3 "2002-09-30T00:12:00Z")

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Is the button for the secondary release, with the primary release lever in the glovebox?

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**Author:** ![Hawthorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@Hawthorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawthorn)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-fronyt-hood-on-a-1970-type-1-vw-beetle/130167/4 "2002-09-30T00:31:22Z")

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Thank you very much we didn’t relize there was a release in the glove box. Again Thank you!