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Okay who took the nose of my hood? Really what happened here is the hood I am going to use must have had a run in sometime in it's life and the entire front nose was crushed and it would have taken many, many hours to repair. The solution was to cut the nose out of an old hood I had gotten in a trade and make it work. This is what was left when I cut out the bad part with a zip wheel in preparation for the graft. |
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Here is the donor hood that the cut will come from. Originally I had planned on using this hood but as you can see it fell on it's face and crushed the top. While the front looks a little ratty, it is just scratches in the paint & primer and the metal underneath is primo. |
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This is the cut from the donor hood and after cleanup you can see what I mean about the metal being clean. I measured about 3/8” beyond the cut in the primary hood so this graft will be a little long enabling me to cut the seams together with the zip wheel. |
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After clean up I will coat the inside with POR15 to inhibit any thought of rust in the future. |
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Here is the graft tacked into the hood. What I did here is the same as the floors is to overlay the graft and cut a little then tack weld a spot. After that cut a little more and tack again. This method enables you to make adjustments with a hammer, dolly and a small amount of prying with a little screwdriver. You can see it in the picture it is just a cheap promo item but it works great to pry and hold the panels straight while tacking. |
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After the graft is lined up and all tacked in just go back and start splitting the difference between the tacks with new spots. Keep the up all around the graft until you have a solid line of tacks then start grinding. Use an air gun to keep blowing the surface so you don't get any warping. |
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