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Made some more progress on the hood today. Got both of the rear corners welded in, just need smoothing.
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Wow nice equipment! That certainly helps getting the bends in correctly.
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Yes, it will be hinged at the rear with simple hydraulic lifts to hold it open |
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The hood is mostly done. Still need to run it thru the english wheel to smooth and crown.
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Started setting up the bmw hinges. I should be able to hinge the hood at the front.
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Completely installed the hood hinges and fabricated a framework to sandwich between the hinges and hood for strength.
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Started priming the framework and underside of the hood. While that was drying, I began installing the lift struts on the hinges when I noticed coolant leaking out from between the intake manifold and the head on my crate motor. Of the two intake manifold bolts on the right rear of the motor, the far rear one was not even finger tight. The other was not much tighter. I torqued all of them. The ones on the front of the motor were fine, but one on the left rear was also under torqued. The leak stopped, so I went ahead and changed the oil as a precaution. Not happy. It is still in warranty, so we will see.
 I got the last two throttle balls from the local parts store to use as lower strut mounts. Turns out one of them was left hand threaded, so waiting for another to come in on Monday     The latch is next. http://www.BenModified.com |
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That looks good, when opened leave plenty of space to reach the engine properly.
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Thanks, I am very happy with it. The hood is mostly done as is the remote latch    http://www.BenModified.com |
Looks good when closed or opened, amazing how you got it to fit so nicely!
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Craftmanship. !!
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Thanks! Started building the passenger side scoop today.   http://www.BenModified.com |
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Finished up the passenger side scoop
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I spent some time yesterday applying a little body filler on the rear fenders. Today I sprayed them and the bed tubing with some rustoleum prof grade bed liner. I like the way it turned out.
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