Can you see for sure that the latch is actually released, can you get one more set of hands.... One holding the cable release latch, one pulling the hood to the off side and one pushing toward that off side. Maybe it is just cocked to one side as you described?
ebo
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
So glad I got you on the right track...... brother Joel!
So think you'll see snow for xmas............???
ebo
Steph..... please don not say hack saw and Corvette in same sentence...... ;)
Good Luck,
ebo
On a somewhat related issue, I just recently installed a pair of emergency hood release cables just in case my primary hood release cable ever breaks. Got them at Corvette Central and were very easy to install. (You never know.)