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so with this EV conversion going super smoothly and fast, I decided to also do a slant nose hood conversion, yup, bought this beauty site unseen at night in the rain for only one crisp Benjamin
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now I'm sure some of you have heard of the Slant Nose, but this is the SS aka the Super Slant nose, you see it is slanted 2" more [ahem, on one side]
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nothin' me and Cross Eyed Konrad over at Ding Performance couldn't handle
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alright, so this is the general idea
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the BumpStop 3000 TM all weldered up and all bolted up and ready for action
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yes this setup comes with the Shimanator attachment if you order the full kit
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now before I show you the final result let me just share that The Greg went out and bought one of these fancy Vevor $400 let me say that again FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR dent pullers that absolutely positively suck, unless both me and Patrick are doing something completely wrong, I mean these welds just don't hold, fellers I tried this on my cab and now on my hood and we could not get these to stick at all
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so after trying to pull dents with a MIG welder we had to resort to the drill a hole and use a slide hammer to pull, hence the swiss cheese look, nothing we can't fill with a MIG and hours worth of grinding
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so I began wire wheelin' off the body filler off this hood as it looked pretty thick
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those were quarters by the way, and I think I went through 4 wire wheels per side ie half a hood
yes counting the labor and price of materials, consumables, not to mention the 90 mile drive one way to buy that thing, we could have bought 3 aftermarket hoods instead, I get it |
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and just when you thought this hood can not possibly get any worse...
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I love rebuilding steering columns, said nobody ever!
Go with the clear on the shaft, do a stare and compare and then decide. |
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"I love rebuilding steering columns", said the hood body filler remover guy! |
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So inquiring minds want to know, what did you do with the hood? You sort of left us hanging...
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almost there...
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Looking good, unusual pattern on the metal, clear it and your done. :cool:
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So much work going in to that hood. Are better/decent hoods that hard to find in the Sacramento area?
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I have a decent '71 hood leaning up against the house, but you know that would be too easy |
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Your level of dedication to that hood is unreal!
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and now to upset both the Chevy, GMC, and Pontiac GT Zero purists
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yes, the theme is Bad Ideas....
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easy does it
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