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| | | | Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 | Wanting to install a hood ornament on my ‘49 Chevy one ton. Don’t have a template for proper placement. Can someone please help me with the distance from the top of the Chevy badge to the front tip of the ornament? Thanks in advance! David
1949 Chev 3800
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,294 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,294 | Look under the hood. There are some holes in the center of the hood for a couple of the ornament pegs already there. Drill those holes from the bottom and set the ornament on the hood to mark where the other holes go.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 | Thanks much for this information!
1949 Chev 3800
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 | I didn’t find any holes under the hood for an ornament. Can anyone help by giving me a measurement from top of Chevy emblem on front of hood back to front tip of the ornament?
1949 Chev 3800
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,294 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,294 | I didn’t find any holes under the hood for an ornament. Can anyone help by giving me a measurement from top of Chevy emblem on front of hood back to front tip of the ornament? I may be in error that ALL hoods have the "holes" on the underside in the middle. I do know that two of mine did. The first one that I put an ornament on had them, but I was not aware of it. I guessed where I thought the ornament should go and drilled a hole from the top. I opened the hood and saw where I missed the mark by a half an inch. To describe the "holes", they are comprised of bends in the flanges of the two hood halves which are there for locating the holes to be drilled through the hood center strip.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,110 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,110 | Check the pictures in this post by NJC of his hood. It does have a "hole" (basically a wide spot between the flanges on the hood halves) at about the middle of the hood. My hood has the same hole about midway up the joint. Nothing closer to the front where a hood ornament would typically go.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 | Yes, mine does have a separation in the flange right in the middle, but that’s it.
1949 Chev 3800
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,110 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,110 | Wondering what the purpose of that hole might have been. Maybe hanging the hood assembly for painting, installation at the factory? I wonder if the hood would be balanced hanging from that hole. I may have to investigate that when it's time for paint, although it sits on a table fairly well for that.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 95 | Can anyone give me a measurement from top of Chevy badge on front of hood up to the front tip of their hood ornament? That is all I need. I can figure out the rest. Thanks in advance.
1949 Chev 3800
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