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| | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 45 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 45 | I'm trying to deceide if I want to make my hood a front tilt or not. Looking for comments from any one that has one or any comments about it.
thanks, | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Just my 2 cents but, I didn't like them when Detroit first introduced them in the 50s. I suppose one could grow to like them after getting use to working around the crazy thing. I would only consider that fab if one could just lift the hood off and set it aside after raising it. If you're just looking for a unusual alteration I would keep looking. Now if you do this thing be sure to send pictures; you might just start a trend.
~Jim
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1949 Chevy 3600 Flatbed all orginal 1964 gmc 4000 1973 gmc 6000 2005 chevy duramax 4x4 1994 chevy 1500 Trucks are GM and Tractors are Orange "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." - General George S. Patton | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | You don't say what you have. If a 47-55.1 that's wide at the back and narrow in the front it will have a tendency to be flexible when open due to the narrow front hinge mount. 55.2 and up don't have this trait. The 57 Ford was the first I remember and it made working on rear distributer engines easier. The front hinged hoods opened almost verticle, unlike rear hinged ones, so even working on front engine accessories wasn't bad. Alot of work for just looks but they were nice to work on. The absolute worse car to work on was the Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird. It was impossible to lean over the long, long nose and the rear hinged hoods didn't open very far. We had two customers with them and ended up drilling an 1/8" hole through the hinge strap and inner hood panel(so we could use an 1/8" pin to exactly realign them) and just pulled the hood off to work on them. If you like the rear opening and have the tools and ability---go for it.
Evan
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