Reminds me of an old joke:
When is a door not a door? When it's ajar! I guess that's 70's talking car humor.
The hood does open and this is what it looks like. Note the big drum brakes:
![](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/1883169448_63deeefcf5_o.jpg)
The big competition at the time was the Jaguar which just introduced disk brakes.