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Completely reworking the hood
I did a photo chop of what it would look like to have the hood opening smaller and relocated to the top. I've always wanted to weld the cowl ends to the hood to get rid of that body line and this would be one way to make it look good, I think. I made the body lines a little dark so you could tell where they are. Thanks for the pic Dino. What do you guys think?
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
The photoshop looks good to me. If you addded a duct underneath you could use a modern air box or make it a ram air effect hood for a carb engine. Also be able to ditch those heavy hinges & springs.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
It doesn't look wrong, your very talented.
I do however, like the convenience of the original, for working in the engine compartment. But how much time to you spend working on the engine.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
It would be cool to make it a one piece front end to get rid of the front seam.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
I like the idea... havent seen that before but i do agree with the idea of making the ram air in the front..
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
awesome idea i think a guy from the west coast who had the yellow and white 63 then painted black did something very similar it is bagged and body dropped i think he split the hood at that main seem i will see if i can find a picture
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
The only issue I see is the radiator may be in the way, but love the idea!!
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
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I figure the mod will take me about 3-4 days to get the way I want, but I haven't decided weather or not to do it yet. I'll keep photochopping for now. Thanks for the input guys.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
Not a bad idea.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
Keeps the body lines cleaner. Good work, now you just need a 3d printer. Lol.. wouldn't that make Modding easier for photoshoppers like ourselves? Lol
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
i like the 2nd. one better.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
#1 innovative
#2 cleaner lines #3 turn signals in the headlight, when you activate the turn signal, the headlight turns off in the new cars. Take advantage of the housing and mount a turn signal light in the same housing. Cabovers had the turn signal lights beside the headlight for years. Block off the existing turn signal openings as well as the air inlets. Medium duty and heavy duty trucks of our era had an opening behind the headlight with air ducts to the carb.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
Weld the cowl extensions and cowl panel to the hood and make it tilt forward. That's my plan on the 61.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
It seems like I've been thinking about it for at least a year, Frizzle. It's a monster to try and flip forward. There's no flip kit available like there is for other years, so it would be a fab job. Don't forget gussets on the mounts.
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I'm pretty sure it's just DRL lights that turn off during signal use, not the actual headlight. A lot of people just use them as driving lights, they're actually high beams at lower power, so they think they're automatic headlights. (at least newer ones are LED-based.. well, in the higher-end market anyways)
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
Thank You suzq044, I'm not really up on the technology of the new lights. I found out about them cause I stopped a guy in traffic to tell him that his headlight just burned out and he explained how the new system worked. It makes sense to dim the headlight so oncoming traffic can better view your intention to turn without going to a stronger turn signal light.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
I like how the photoshop concept looks, and it would be cool to see either version actually built. I really like the way molding the sides of the hood to the fenders really seems to clean up the appearance of the truck.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
The flip forward is great; until you actually want to work on the truck, i have heard.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
I hate to be the odd man out. Or maybe I don't? But I am not a fan. I think it makes it look too much like an s10 or something out of mini trucking. Not to say there is anything wrong with that. I just think it takes away from the classic body lines and makes it too modern looking.
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
I have to say that one of the things i like best about these trucks is I do like the lower fender and I can work on it with out climbing up on it .. so I guess if I were to do something different with my hood I might make it hinge in the middle and fold up on both sides .... ah but that would be work and I am , well you know .....
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Re: Completely reworking the hood
I put the hood on and roughly taped a line out the would match the height of the top of the bed and match up with the seam on between the front of the fender and piece that surrounds the grill. I'm definitely going go look at for a while before doing anything. We'll see. I've got plenty of other $#!t to do in the mean while.
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