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We will come back and refine the appearance of the side panel structure, but moving on to hood work now.

You guys have seen people wear the head injury halo? to hold things from moving?

That's what we have going on here for this floppy, no structure, piano hinged hood.



We threw together a temporary halo of sorts to hold the hood in the correct shape while we build inner structure which will retain the hood's correct one piece shape.



This way we can remove and flip the hood for building the inner structure, which has started already..

Nice work and fabrication there. Love the choice of the gen 3 Hemi. That will really stand out in a sea of Chevy powered rods.

The superlatives have all been used. They are inadequate, but double dittos to all. Creative solutions that are practical and get done. That is a rare combination in one person! Artistic stuff that should go in a museum and some of it will someday.

My favorite thread in years. If I had the bucks, I'd love one of your builds.

Nice work Dave.

Gotta run a license plate I guess, laws and such.



a few cuts..





Fabricate and fit an recess panel.

Amazing

Wicked!!

Amazing work all around...not many around who could accomplish such quality craftsmanship !!!!

That's a pretty cool fixture you made up to hold that hood in position.

You could have lived a life of poverty as a Toolmaker with abilities like that.

It's good to see that you found a better way to put it to use.

You guys do some amazing work, Dave.

I really enjoy seeing an old car being restored or turn into a hot rod.

Circa 1985, dad decides it's time for a fresh small-block and a patch-'n-paint job on the 1937 Chevy Coupe that he bought in 1967 when he graduated high-school. 2 guys who grew up in the same ~800 person town as him had a body/bike shop. Once they started in on paint and rust removal, it turned into a frame-off restoration. From that point on, Dad's '37 Chevy became known as the "Mightaswell" car. The guys would come to dad with another project that should be done to make things correct and long lasting, dad would shrug his shoulders and say, "Mightaswell", and every time he said that he figured it cost about $100. So, a "simple" patch-'n-paint ~$1,500 project ended up in the $12,000 range and over 3-yrs to complete. Nothing near the complexity that we're seeing here, and nowhere near what ND's final tally will be, but, "Done Properly" is an exponential cost to an original estimate. (grin)

I still think you should paint it.

Where's the KLR?

its in a holding pattern

That's about as good as it gets, a lot of amazing work dave thanks for sharing. I notice the old Plymouths seem to have not just caught up with the Fords n Chevs of the day but are almost more sought after right now. Your build shows why.

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Doing the work to make them nice again.

Way to go.

Did a little of the same as you're doing back when I was 13-14 yo with a mechanic neighbor. My first car was a hotrod and I lived to tell about it.




DMc