Pie Cut?

[roofcam]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a "pie cut" when it relates to hoods and trunk lids?

[stovens]

Roof cam
Check out Don's thread on the second page about half way down, where they sliced the roof in three places to stretch fit the roof here:
http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...t=36015&page=2
You slice metatal in pie shaped wedges to expand or contract the metal, Steve.

[Bob Parmenter]

To expand, using your example of a hood, a long tapered section (resembling a piece of pie) is removed, and the remaining welded back together. Usually the purpose it to lower a portion of the panel, in this example the front of the hood, to give it a "sleeker" look. It's similar to sectioning, except in sectioning the cut lines are parallel.

[bigdude]

A pie cut taste's better

[shine]

back int the 70's we started to pie cut a few things when sectioning. hoods look pretty cool on fat fender cars with a pie cut . added to the rake look. saw a 49 chevy with a pie cut section job. looked pretty good but was a ton of work. guy spent a year or so just on sheetmetal work. don't know if he ever finished it since i haven't seen it around.

[roofcam]

Thanks to all of you. Great help, as usual.