OK, well fabricating a cowl hood for Ol' Blue will be put on hold. I lucked up and found a steel cowl hood at pull-a-part that is in pretty good shape and only paid 45.00 for it. Sure beats 500.00 or hours on end fabricating. It needs a little repair due to someone removing a hood hinge on one side thereby collapsing the other side which dented and ripped the hood frame. But with my trusty welder, and a little bondo to cure minor imperfections, it will be better than new. I am going to fabricate and install some 16 gauge support plates in the weak areas above the hinge mounting locations so this doesn't happen again. 2 of the pics below are after me and my brother (see project dragonsbreath) tacked the torn metal after straightening the hood frame and test fitted the hood for clearance. I will post more pics tomorrow when I finish the welding repair and have the hood ready for permanent mounting.
