RCR's body mods... (Page 10/67)
RCR NOV 29, 04:58 PM
Except for the some finish welding, I installed the front hood struts today. They are currently bolted to the chassis, I'll weld them later. The struts are from the hood of a 3'rd gen Camaro/Firebird. I used one on each side.

My first attempt mounted the strut about 5" from the pivot. What I found was that the strut was too strong and I couldn't properly close the hood (only one strut at the time). So I reduced the lever arm and placed it at about 3" from the pivot. This is right on top of the mounting bolt, so I made up a double treaded bolt.

Sorry, these pics are a bit blurry...


welded and mounted:


Here's the bottom bracket, made from some scrap angle iron.


And some finished pics




Bob

[This message has been edited by RCR (edited 11-29-2009).]

Amida NOV 30, 01:48 PM
Nice. A much cleaner look without that factory prop.
Sofa King NOV 30, 03:09 PM
RCR,

Beautiful work. Keep going. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product!
infinitewill FEB 27, 06:59 PM
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Danyel FEB 28, 02:33 AM
Maybe I missed it reading the thread ... what lights will you be using ?

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Jefrysuko FEB 28, 09:39 AM
There may be a problem with the way in which you mounted the strut for your hood.

Right now when your hood is closed it is going to be experiencing a bending load which could make it visibly deflect upwards in the middle. If you were to mount it more horizontally the load being applied to the hood will be less of a bending load and less likely to be visibly noticable deflection.

There was someone several years ago who designed some hood struts and started with the same configuration you have but changed the strut to be more horizontal after they noticed the hood deflection.
Amida FEB 28, 10:30 AM
No updates since November?
aeffertz MAR 22, 10:55 PM
Updates?!
I miss seeing this thread.
Hockaday MAR 23, 01:32 AM
for covers i'd consider...-thinks-....lots of cars in the 80s had these...big metal plates on the rear window...anyway i'd use some metal like that

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RCR APR 03, 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by Hockaday:

for covers i'd consider...-thinks-....lots of cars in the 80s had these...big metal plates on the rear window...anyway i'd use some metal like that




louvres for headlight covers? Hmm??

Bob