Attachment 57459Attachment 57460In 2011 the main project was to place a metal reproduction 1929 hood over the engine and some alighnment problems were encountered along with the need to add shelves for the hold down springs. At present the hood alighnmet is a compromise that you don't notice from ten feet away. Don't look too close! I know what the problem is, it is that the cowl/body is slightly shifted, not the radiator. You can't hardly go wrong with the bolt holes in the frame for the radiator on the narrow front part of the frame. However a slight offset of the main body bolts puts the cowl slightly off to one side or the other. Maybe someday I can loosen all the body bolts and shift the cowl a little bit but for now I just want to drive the car this summer. At the time I took these pictures I did not fully appreciate the flexibility offered by adjustment of the two rods between the radiator and the cowl. Since this picture was taken some improvement has been gained by adjusting the two rods between the cowl and the radiator.
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/Teen Rodder