Ya, I had the same idea, to keep certain people from taking what they wanted from under the hood. I got my dad to pick up a small padlock latch, which scissors into the hole I drilled, and then put a padlock on the latch and it keeps it closed pretty good.

Has anybody been able to find a decent decoder for the Mercury trucks? I have found one but it just sort of breaks down the infomation, it doesn't give a description to what means what. (anybody understand that, because i aint sure that i did)

http://mercurypickup.com/1964canadianfordvin.htm