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Re: My 57 Pro Street
Kim you do some sweet work can't wait to see it finished.
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Re: My 57 Pro Street
Thanks.
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I'm basically self taught at home. I've always liked tinkering with stuff since I was a little kid and been a hot rodder since before I could drive. I do wish I had the finances to get all the tools to make it easier but I get by jury rigging what I need. Thanks Quote:
If I have to redesign the rails it won't bother me that much as I don't have that much time or money in them. I was thinking I may need a rail on top of the roller but won't know until I get the hood mounted and give it a try. Thanks. I want to see it finished also but all things in time. Kim |
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Re: My 57 Pro Street
I know how that is. I want to have my truck driveable by June next year not sure if it will happen. I don't want to rush through and cause more of a headache
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Re: My 57 Pro Street
Great work as always!!
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You are one crafty guy. I always look forward to updates on this thread.
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Dude, you are a fabricating fool! Awesome!!
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Looking good.....Jim
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Well it was 1 step forward and 2 steps back.
I had to rework some of the items on my hood. The first problem I ran into was the bars that connect the hood to the truck. With the hood closed they ran into my hood support bars. This was a minor problem and all I had to do was notch them. The last 2 pics are a little hard to see but shows how they clear now. Kim |
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Here's a couple more pics of the support fix.
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Now for problem #2.
The first pic shows the hood as it starts to go through its cycle of being opened. Everything looked good until I got it on to the supports. With them pointing straight out it allowed the hood to rest on the fenders (sorry no pic). I had to redo the brackets to allow the hood to have enough clearance so it wouldn't hit them. Kim |
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Out with the old and in with the new.
I'll get some pics of the hood on when I get a chance. It's kind of a pain when I'm trying to do it without someone else in the garage. Kim |
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kim your fab stuff always looks great - w/ great ideas
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Thanks.
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Just a few pics to update the hood.
This is how it will sit when opened. It is balanced on its own right now but I will make a rod to hold it so it won't move and hit anything. I still have to finish the runners. With the changes to the front they are going to need a little tweaking. The last pic shows the gap at the rear of the hood I will have to address. Kim |
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Looks great, I had to invent a word for your work, fab-0-licious!
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Kim, very clean looking, will look great when everything is painted, very nice work as usual.....Jim
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Bro pat yourself on the back, that is some wicked work that came together real nice.
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Real nice job on the tilt mechanism. looks good George.
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Finally was able to make some progress on getting the tilt hood done.
I ran into a problem with my first set of tracks that the rollers were to ride on. The hood would close fine but bound up something terrible when I went to open it. It was a lot of trial and error trying to get it to open and close smoothly without hitting the fenders. I finally got something that works. Here are the pics of the final product. i still have to clean up the welds but I'll leave that for another day. Kim |
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A few more pics of the hood in various stages of being opened.
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I wanted to come up with a simple rod to prop the hood open that I could store in the engine compartment.
Here's what I came up with. I used some 5/16 rod and put a couple of bends in it. I also got some bronze bushings and a couple different sizes of solid shaft collars. I little welding and I wont have a problem losing my prop rod. Kim |
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Re: My 57 Pro Street
Kim, excellent work on the roller setup and the prop rod....Jim
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Wow. That looks perfect. You should be selling a kit to all of us!
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Looks great man.
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