Get this too.... this all started because the driver hood hinge took a dump.... well... what do we expect them to do after 50+ years!?
Anyway - I had driven down to Portland for the Beaches show - met up with Bob B etc and Luke from L&H... I go to open the hood and it comes up all friggin' wonky and sideways... WHOA! WTF just happened there!!?? Well -- I noticed one of the "bars" has come loose at a pivot point. Closing it became even more fun!
So ordered these up from Fesler on THURSDAY AM - had them FRIDAY AM next day! EEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA
SO now I have to get the hood off --- one man --- so strap it to my lift -- no problems - up she goes... and off go the old hinges - start to put on the new beauties -- and notice that in all this wonky up and down and twisting - that one of the nutserts in the hood is bad and metal fatigued around it. NOT GOOD.... NOT GOOD AT ALL ON A PAINTED PART! So a call to Rudy - and he drives up from Portland to help me flip the hood onto my body saw horses.... and I'm shocked to see more than just one is bad... there are cracks around a couple of them and they're wiggly and loose... so at this point - I've nothing to lose... AND I have a major show this Sunday (my own club puts it on - so being there is "important"). No time to get a new hood - let alone paint this one -- so I bust out the TIG machine - carefully clean the area to bare metal around the nut serts -- using real low settings and Rudy holding a wet rag on the painted top part -- I tack - tack - tack - weld a little - tack - all the while cooling with air after each tack..... GOT ER DONE AND NEVER BURNED ANY PAINT.... Taped up little square area around where I welded (It's all covered with the hinge anyway) shot the bare area with some light gray etching primer - painted that small area with a brush.... it flowed right out.... let 'er dry and Rudy and I put the hinge on! BETTER THAN NEW!
