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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 180 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 180 | I have seen many custom trucks that have the hood welded at the hinge and open the conventional way, how is this done? like this one http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/ahsum/1940ChevyPU.jpg
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 180 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 180 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 | Anything is possible. I don't see any advantage to changing it. Unless it's just to be different. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Well from that photo it looks like they added some hinge pockets to the firewall, a gas strut, and welded the side panels to the fenders. I always found the attractive part of the '40's trucks to be the side opening hoods, but whatever floats your boat. The side hoods do provide a lot of easy access, bending over the radiator gets pretty old.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | If those side panels are welded to the fenders, all that might look cool until you actually have to do some work in the engine compartment. | | |
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