Patent ID: 8167362

Claim:
A vehicular hood hinge arrangement structure comprising: a front hood; a pair of right and left hood hinges for pivotally supporting the rear end part of the front hood; a windshield glass arranged in rear of the front hood; right and left front pillars extending in the up and down direction along both sides of the windshield glass; a cowl box having a hollow structure, the upper side of which is open, which extends in the vehicle width direction along the lower edge of the windshield glass under the rear end part of the front hood; right and left cowl side panels defining the side end parts in the vehicle width direction of the cowl box so as to close the side end parts; and right and left dash side front members provided at the sides of the cowl box, wherein each of the cowl side panels has a vertical surface extending above the dash side front member and extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction; each of the front pillars has a front surface, which extends upward almost vertically from the rear end part of the dash side front member, in the base part thereof; and each of the hood hinges is attached to the top end surface of the dash side front member so as to be located adjacent to the outside in the vehicle width direction of the vertical surface of the cowl side panel and in front of the front surface of the front pillar base part.