Woo Hoo It's Started!

[Garage Dog 65]

You're getting pretty good at slicing and dicing the sheetmetal !

Nice work !!



Jim

[ccracin]

Originally Posted by Garage Dog 65

You're getting pretty good at slicing and dicing the sheetmetal !

Nice work !!



Jim

Thanks Jim. I figure since I'm getting better at it, I would go ahead and do some more just for good measure. I'm trying to finish up this hood fitment project. After getting the front edge tacked back on, we put the inner structure back in.



After we put the structure back in, we found that it too had the wrong profile. After looking at it and doing some hammer and dolly work, we decided that to make the front hood to grill gap good more material was going to need to be added. Since this is the case, no more cutting. I can fix the rest with the added material. We tacked a 3/16" rod to the front edge. This will allow us to grind the gap properly and even everything up.









Now that the round stock is tacked on it's time to finish weld the sheet metal front edge of the hood before we take it off again to weld up the round stock.

















Sorry for so many pictures, but the fit was so poor before I am excited at the fit now. As always, comments good and bad are welcomed! Thanks for looking.

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by ccracin

.....Sorry for so many pictures, but the fit was so poor before I am excited at the fit now.

Chad, are you kidding me? We love pics!! Keep them coming! Hood fab looks great. Good job!!

[waynieZ]

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

Chad, are you kidding me? We love pics!! Keep them coming! Hood fab looks great. Good job!!

I agree nice work and More Pictures!

[GregWeld]

NOW WE'RE HOT RODDIN' !!!

[Sieg]

Until yesterday I used to get uncomfortable every time this thread appeared on new posts............

Great work! Keep it UP!

[Garage Dog 65]

The guy should get the award for perseverance !!!

Way to turn them lemons into lemonade Chad !

Never surrender Bro !



Jim

[ccracin]

Originally Posted by Garage Dog 65

The guy should get the award for perseverance !!!

Way to turn them lemons into lemonade Chad !

Never surrender Bro !



Jim

Down with the ship!

[ccracin]

If you remember from the previous pictures, the hood to fender gaps were also horrible. Now that the hood is close, it is time to address the side gaps. You guessed it, the solution is to cut the BRAND NEW fenders and weld them back together. I would really love to try something else, but it has to be done. Here's today's progress.



























Thanks for looking!

[waynieZ]

Wow I guess the gap was off! The two gaps look almost the same size on both sides of the metal you opened up. Very Nice.