Thread: Another Build Thread - My '32
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11-01-2020 03:41 PM #466
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11-01-2020 04:00 PM #467
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11-01-2020 07:02 PM #468
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12-15-2020 06:13 PM #469
I haven't been here for a while. Aside from a couple of "honey- do's" I have no real excuse. I was so frustrated with this project that I just walked away from it for about a month. The problem is one I created for myself by doing things out of sequence. Lesson learned - now, do as I say, not as I did - I should have mounted the condenser before I ordered the hood.
After I mounted the radiator I drilled the brackets and mounted the grille shell. That was a few pages ago... After that I measured the distance between the cowl and the grille shell and I ordered a stock length hood top for a '32 Ford. I mounted it and made latch mechanisms, etc., also a few pages ago. Then.., I began installation of the A/C system and that's when the feces collided with the rotary oscillator - the condenser wouldn't fit behind the grille.I bought another condenser, 2 inches shorter and 2 inches narrower, hoping it may solve my dilemma. It didn't. That's when I walked away, before I did something stupid.
After staying away from it for a while and thinking about all the options, I have finally resolved that the best solution to my problem is to move the grille shell forward an inch and lengthen the hood to fit. If I had just done this part BEFORE I bought the hood, I could have ordered one an inch longer - Live and learn! The pics below show where I simply drilled new holes in the mounting brackets to move the shell forward and the resulting gap at the front of the hood.Jim
Racing! - Because football, basketball, baseball, and golf require only ONE BALL!
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12-15-2020 06:57 PM #470
Bummer, but with your skills I'm sure you'll have looking great in no time!!
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12-15-2020 07:00 PM #471
Hate you have to redo the hood. It's a lot of work to fix something like this. I know the repair will be like it never even happened considering your high level of quality work.
At least I know I'm not the only one that winds up with these kinds of problems. "Well Sh##!!!!", seems to be said a lot more in my shop (to no one in particular) than I want it to.Last edited by Hotrod46; 12-15-2020 at 07:05 PM.
Mike
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12-16-2020 02:07 AM #472
Good to learn that I am not the only one who has that happen! LOL.
Yeah, we've all done it.
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12-28-2020 03:40 PM #473
If your hood is stock length maybe you could trade it, or sell it and buy one 1" longer
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01-21-2021 03:05 PM #474
OK, it's been several days (5 weeks!!) since I did anything. The holidays had to come and go and we've had visitors intermittently. Then I did some work on one of my Electrathon friend's cars, etc., etc. It's always something... I considered selling the hood and replacing it like Figure8 suggested, but no telling how long it might take to find a buyer and then I'd have to order the special length hood and wait.
Once I get moving on something I'm not a very patient person, so fixing what I have will be my course of action.
Anyway, a few days after my last post I cut and shaped some 16 gauge steel filler pieces to extend the hood (first pic). The front edge of the hood was folded under, so the finished thickness is a few thousands of an inch over 1/16th of an inch. 16 gauge steel is approximately 1/16th inch thick, so it was a good match.Today I finally got some time to spend in the shop welding the filler pieces in place. I welded them on the bottom side first; spot-stitching about 3/8 inch apart (2nd pic) and then filling in between a few at a time to avoid any serious warping.
After finishing the underside, I flipped the hood halves over and welded the outside. I did it in short sections, moving around randomly again to avoid warping. I neglected to take a picture, but it looked the same as the underside. After all the welding was done I ground the welds flat inside and out, first with a stone wheel and then with a soft disc (3rd pic).
I had to do just a little hammer-off-dolly work to straighten the corners (very minor warpage). A tiny amount of body filler will fix the pits and grinder marks when I get to it. The last pic is the newly extended hood back on the car.Jim
Racing! - Because football, basketball, baseball, and golf require only ONE BALL!
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01-21-2021 05:18 PM #475
Came out just fine I'd say.
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01-22-2021 04:10 AM #476
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That looks nice. Do you plan to extend the small portion of the center hinge so there is no gap there as well?
.Ryan
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03-22-2021 08:26 AM #477
Sorry for the delay in answering. I've been doing too many other things and just haven't spent any time here. Yes, I will either get a longer center hinge or I will fabricate an extended mounting "T bracket" for the front. Whichever I do I will show it here.
I'm in the middle of my Electrathon racing season and building a new car for that plus the wife and I are beginning to remodel a bathroom. I probably won't make much progress on the '32 for a while.Jim
Racing! - Because football, basketball, baseball, and golf require only ONE BALL!
Got the filler on the weld seams sanded down and some primer on it to protect the bare metal, steering column in, shifter in. Not a whole lot left of my part to do before it goes home.
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