Thanks guys. I'm glad it's done and that it works. The hood has been bugging me for a long time and I think something like that can be an unconscious stopper of progress even though there are things that you are getting done. Since I'm done with it, I seem to have gotten a boost in the speed that other things are progressing.

V8, you said something earlier about my machining. I delayed the start on another car project for about 5 years while I saved money and gathered the machine tools. I made my living for many years as a machinist and when I changed careers, I lost access to any machinery. I finally got tired of not being able to use a skill set that I had spent most of my life learning and decided to do something about it.

40, don't let me scare you off.

34, I thought about that, but it was going to be just too complicated and fiddly. I also thought about using plain old coil springs, but they looked a little too industrial. I would have bought stainless gas springs, but they were about $75 each! The ones I used were less that $20 each.