is it worth fixing? t2 hood
04-11-10, 02:56 AM
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is it worth fixing? t2 hood
i have a t2 hood LOL obviously but the plastic scoop part on the top is broken. it has dents on it from flying up against the windshield. should i gut it and try to bang out the dents and bondo the dents or just toss it? LOL bondo on an aluminum hood sounds so stupid. either way i love the hood when its in perfect shape and i dont want to have to pay mondo bucks for a great cond. used one :-/
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i have a t2 hood LOL obviously but the plastic scoop part on the top is broken. it has dents on it from flying up against the windshield. should i gut it and try to bang out the dents and bondo the dents or just toss it? LOL bondo on an aluminum hood sounds so stupid. either way i love the hood when its in perfect shape and i dont want to have to pay mondo bucks for a great cond. used one :-/
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its gonna be like triple bypass surgery D:
04-12-10, 03:14 AM
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Would not waste my time.
I have been doing bodywork since 1958, including quite a bit of custom work. I would not waste my time trying to straighten that hood, as the aluminum is very difficult to straighten. Here is what I would do.
1. Find a good straight standard steel hood.
2. Carefully cut out the aluminum scoop from your hood, which appears to be undamaged. Start with about a 2 inch flange, then carefully trim it to about 1 inch.
3. Patch the fiberglass scoop, which is very easy to repair.
4. Fit the aluminum scoop, make the appropriate cutout in the steel hood, and rivet the aluminum scoop to the steel, using about a 1 inch rivet spacing. Wouldn't look bad with 1/8 inch stainless rivets. I have lots of experience with aircraft riveting, so I would use driven rivets if I were doing it. If you can find a real Shelby 427 Cobra you can see a hood scoop done like this.
I would fit and drill all the rivet holes, then do all the painting before riveting on the scoop.
Attached is a photo of my all-time favorite sports car, the racing version of the Iso A3C, which has lots of rivets in the aluminum body.
Feel free to contact me if you have questions about this.
1. Find a good straight standard steel hood.
2. Carefully cut out the aluminum scoop from your hood, which appears to be undamaged. Start with about a 2 inch flange, then carefully trim it to about 1 inch.
3. Patch the fiberglass scoop, which is very easy to repair.
4. Fit the aluminum scoop, make the appropriate cutout in the steel hood, and rivet the aluminum scoop to the steel, using about a 1 inch rivet spacing. Wouldn't look bad with 1/8 inch stainless rivets. I have lots of experience with aircraft riveting, so I would use driven rivets if I were doing it. If you can find a real Shelby 427 Cobra you can see a hood scoop done like this.
I would fit and drill all the rivet holes, then do all the painting before riveting on the scoop.
Attached is a photo of my all-time favorite sports car, the racing version of the Iso A3C, which has lots of rivets in the aluminum body.
Feel free to contact me if you have questions about this.
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they also have aluminum NA hoods, you could have it welded onto, but that may be a bit spendy? I've never priced out aluminum welding, but it could be done with a spool gun on a mig, so it shouldn't be too bad.
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that hood looks bad i can be don it is not really worth it. i am aso a body man and the best way to work with aluminum is actually to heat it up with a torch but be careful not to go to much this is actually better for smaller dents it worked great on my hood. once the metal is hot hit it with a wet rag and it will shrink my teacher taught me this trick it was so cool plus it gave my hood its strenght back.
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