11-02-2008, 09:12 PM
The hood is 95% done! All we lack is cutting the overlap in the front out - it overlaps about an inch.
We welded the nose-piece on, then welded the rear support on. We had a little trimming on each side but that was easy since we could run the cut-off wheel down the edge of the framework. There may be just a little more fine tune grinding to do, but we got it close enough to put on the truck to check the body lines. There should be aprox. 1/4" body line on each side when it's bolted back on. I have plenty of clearance without the scoop but will probably end up cutting the brace out that runs front to back.
We welded the nose-piece on, then welded the rear support on. We had a little trimming on each side but that was easy since we could run the cut-off wheel down the edge of the framework. There may be just a little more fine tune grinding to do, but we got it close enough to put on the truck to check the body lines. There should be aprox. 1/4" body line on each side when it's bolted back on. I have plenty of clearance without the scoop but will probably end up cutting the brace out that runs front to back.
'74 Grocery Getter, '73 Project Buggy, '77 Parts Rig