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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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ha ha, copy that, good advice

"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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still working on it, still have to remove all the bondo from the other side, (the latest pics are just from last night) then I have a surprise for you all on how we are going to mend that crack ?

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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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ha ha, it's acid washed, looked even better after I pressure washed it, but I'm just polishing a turd, this is the worst hood I ever worked on, problems, problems everywhere

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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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honestly I think so especially if I want the 67-68 slant nose, if you see one it's $500 bucks and usually 3 hour drive away (at these gas prices)

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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thanks you have no idea, I am about to FIRE myself, so much time spent, wasted, invested? and it still will look like dookie lol

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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